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of a ferrnginiins coloiir. the remainder of tlie iii)per surface black. Protliorax as 

 long as broad, with a short and blnut tubercle in front of the basal constriction. 

 Elytra almost parallel, with each apex rather regularly rounded. Under surface 

 brownish black, coxae aud abdomen rufous ; sterna and legs clothed with a blackish 

 pile ; abdomen with a fulvous grey pubescence, except the apex, where the hairs 

 are black. 



Hab. Ogowe R. (A. Mocquerys). 



Allied to T. galathea Chevr., from which it may be distinguished by the 

 dift'erent pattern of the elytra. 



215. Tragocephala basalis sp. nov. 



(PL X., fig. 4.) 



$. T. atra ; genis fnlvo-albis : tota fronte, vertice utriuque pone oculos vitta 

 obliqua, prothorace fascia laterali elytris<j^ue pallide ochraceis. Elytris macula cir- 

 cumscuf ellare, pnncto humerali, macula snturali antemediana commnni rectaugulare, 

 altera macula posthninerali ad raargiuem externum sita quadrangulare, plus quam 

 tertia parte apicali (sutnra et duabus macnlis parvis in singulo elytro exceptis) uigris. 

 I'orpore infra griseo-fnlvo-tomentoso ; metasterno macula laterali et abdominis 

 maxima parte nigris. Antennis corpore tertia parte longioribns ; prothorace dcnte 

 laterali post medimn site. 



Long. 18 mm., elytr. 12A, lat. ^. 



The large black sutural macula of the elytra is connected with the black space 

 round the scntellum by a narrow line running aloug the suture ; the black apical 

 third includes two small oblong spots, the first silvery, the second of an orange 

 colour. Hind femora with a black spot ; abdomen black, the base and tlie lateral 

 parts of the apical margin clothed with a tawny white pubescence. 



Hab. Kuilu (A. Mocquerys, 1892). 



Allied to T. galathea Chevr., as regards the narrow sha])e, but quite dift'erent 

 in pattern. 



216. Tragocephala grisea sp. nov. 



? . T. fnlvo-griseo-pubescens ; antennis, capite inter antennas et in verticis 

 medio, prothorace fascia mediana lougitudiuali, elytris basi extrema, angnlis 

 humeralibus, suturae dimidio autico fasciisque duabus transversis nigris, fascia prima 

 post basim, secunda latiore post medium sitis. Abdomine medio et maculis latera- 

 libus nigris vel atris. Prothorace rugoso ; antennis validis ; processu mesosternali 

 sat angusto, prosternali fortiter versus anticum producto. 



Long. '2i mm., elytr. 16i, lat. 8. 



Upper and under surface covered with a dense grey jiubesceuce tinged with 

 tawny. The hjngiludinal black band on the middle of the vertex and that of the 

 prothorax rather narrow. The anterior transverse band of the elytra narrowed at the 

 outer margins, broadened towards the suture ; behind the second baud are tliree 

 small black spots on each elytron, one ou the disc, and two at the outer margin, 

 these latter placed one far behind the other. The middle of the abdominal segments 

 glabrous (rubbed ?) ; each segment with a triangular black spot at the sides. 



Hob. Delagoa Bay. 



Allied to T. ducalis White. The species of Tragocephala with thick antennae, 

 and narrow mesosternal process \_T. jucunda Gory, ducalis White, daphnis Thorns., 

 f'ormos'i (Oliv.), and others] form a rather natural grou]) of this genus : all those 

 allied species are from East aud South Afi'ica or from Madagascar. 



