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cavitatos unitis ; dente laferali valido, acnto, conico, arcnato. El}-!™ sntnrae dimiilio 

 basali et fasciis dnabus alttis, fascia prima al) margine exteruo ante medium iis(jiie 

 ad snturam post medium desceudente, secunda primae parallela anteapicali snturam 

 noil attingente ; singulo clytro jiraeterca gutta parva alba in anirulo suturali, et una 

 vel duabns macnlis minutis post basis medium sitis uotato, interdum sine maculis 

 basalibns : punctatioue antice grossa, doin minutiore ; apice singulo minute emar- 

 ginato. Infra sparsiiu albo-pnbescens ; meso et metasterni lateribus albis: abdnmine 

 albo, segmentornm margiue apicali nigro, parte nigra ad latera dilatata. 



(J. Processus jmisrernalis transverse elevatns, comjiressus, medio parnni tuber- 

 cnliforrais ; mesostcrnalis latns, valde versus infra jirodiictus, apice rotuudatus, 

 antice verticalis. 



?. Processus jirosterualis tmusvcrse elcvaiiis, i(im|irtssus, acute bituberculatus; 

 mesosternalis latns, valde prominens, antice verticalis et excavatus, versus posticum 

 declivis et oonvexus, margine antico rotundato. 

 Long. 18 mm., elytr. 12, lat. 6i. 



Clothed with a fine grey pubescence. Front with a wliite streak at each 

 side, bordering the dieeks and the eyes ; base of mandibles also white. Anterior 

 and posterior constriction of the prothorax white, hind margin itself narrowly 

 black ; the basal white band broadened in front of the scutellum. Scntellum 

 broader than long and rounded, white near the apex. The first of tlie two narrow 

 white streaks of the elytra begins — with its hind margin— at the sides above the 

 tip of the metasternal ejiisteruum, tlie second above the third abdominal segment. 

 First segment of the abdomen with a s])arse pubescence ; the other segments 

 white, with the apical border, and with a semicircular lateral spot unit eel with the 

 apical margin, black. Legs greyish white, spotted with black. Two liasal joints of 

 the tarsi white above. 



Ildb. Kuilu and Ogowe U. (A. Mocquerys). 



Thougli the process of the pro- and mesosternum of two mule specimens are 

 (piite different from those of three female examples, I have no doubt that these 

 specimens belong to one species, as there is no other difference between them, either 

 in shape and structure or in pattern of the markings. 



2"^o. Poemenesperus fulvomarmoratus sj). nov. 



i P. niger ; infra oclirace()-luteo-i)ul)escens, nigro-maculatus. ( 'aj)ite fasciis 

 quinqne et geuarum margine antico ochraceo-luteis, tribus froutalibus, una utriuque 

 jjone oculos a ])arto superiore oculorum ad genarum margiuem descendente. Pro- 

 thorace marginibus antico et basali ochraceo-luteis : dente lateral! fortiter arcnato. 

 Elytris sparsim punctatis, ochraceo-fulvo-marmoratis. Processu prosternali lata, 

 forma cariuae transversae ; mesosternali valde elevato, lato, antice verticali et parum 

 concavo. 



Tiong. 15 mm., elytr. 11, lat. (ii. 



Antennae entirely bhwk. Anterior and basal margins of the ])rothorax bordered 

 with ochraceous buff; these two transverse bands are narrowest on the disc, and 

 united above the coxal cavities. Scutellum very broad and rounded. Elytra 

 marbled with ochreous tawny, streak-like markings, which are mostly transverse, 

 and more or less confluent ; two of these streaks form a rather cons])icuous trans- 

 verse median band, including four black spots on each elytron : another streak, 

 situated in front of the apex near tlie outer margin, is almost circular, and comprises 



