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one black sjiot. A1)(lomoii witli a black ;i])ical s]iot a( ca.cli side of the segments. 

 Legs with a black ring in the middle of both the femora anil tibiae. Tarsi black. 



Hab. Lnkolele (Upper Congo). 



Similar in api>earance and structure to P. laetus Thorns., but entirely diiFerent 

 from this species in colour and ]iatti'rn : the metasternal process, too. is a little 

 broader and less elevate. 



-221. Poemenesperus marmoratus sp. nov. 



I. P. niger ; olivaceo-griseo-pubescons, nigro-marmoratus. (Japite fasciis 

 dnabns frontalibus, macula in genis sita, macula postoculare nigris notato, ut fere 

 toto vertice, panels punctis ad oindorum partes sujieriores instructo. Antennis 

 articulis duobus primis nigris, tertio et quarto brnnueis, caeteris ochraceis. Pro- 

 thorace laevi, dente lateral! parum arcuato armato, dorso fasciis curvatis flexuosis 

 et maculis nigris et linea mediana olivaceo-grisea notato. Elytris margine basali 

 ])7'ope hnmeris impresso, lateribus retrorsum pauce attenuatis, usque ad apicem 

 profnnde punctatis, ajacibus singulis parum trimcatis, dense conlluenter nigro-varie- 

 gatis, macula communi postbasali, fascia flexuosa posthumerali, fascia angulata 

 postmediana snturam non attingentc, nigris conspicnis. (Vu'pore infra pedibusque 

 sparsius nigro-maculatis ; abdomine lateraliter maculis majoribus nigris notato. 



Long. 15 mm., ehtr. 12, lat. Oi. 



First segment of the abdomen with the basal part of the sides black, the other 

 segments bearing two black spots at each side, one of them basal, and the other 

 apical, and situated a little more towards the middle. The process of the prosternum 

 bears two short tubercles between the coxae (as the ? of P. ligntim sj). nov.) ; 

 the mesosternal process is large, convex, vertical, and excavated in front. 



Hnh. Kuilu. 



This sjjecies reminds one very mucli of Plin/iieta n/i/rop/'/os'i Auriv., Pwlii/.^ifoln 

 miiiik'd Bates, and other forms of a similar colour and st\'le of marking, Init it is ;v 

 true Tragocephalid ivith divergent claws. 



222. Poemenesperus phrynetoides sp. nov. 



P. niger; dense olivaceo-grisco-pnbescens, nigro-marmoratus. Capite postice 

 fere toto nigro. Antennis articulis tribus primis nigris, caeteris ochraceis. 

 Prothorace dorso linea mediana impressa instructo, fortiter rugato, dente latri-ali 

 valido parum arcuato armato. Scutello semicirculare. Elytris margine basali 

 prope humeros impressis, ad basim densius, versus apicem sparsim profunde 

 punctatis, punctis nigris, apicibus minute emargiuatis, fascia transversa jiost- 

 humerali irregulare ad sutnram late interrupta nigra, ornatis. Infra nigro- 

 marmoratus ; femoribus macula basali nigra notatis ; tibiis apieibns pube fnlva 

 vestitis. Processu prosternali tuberculo intercoxali sat acute instructo ; meso- 

 sternali valido, longe porrecto, sed non acnto. 



Long. 20^ mm., elytr. 13i, lat. 8i. 



Front of the head ashy, with some feeble blackish spots, and with a very fine 

 punctuation ; vertex and neck black, with some small greyish spots in the middle. 

 Extreme tips of the antennal joints clothed with a white pubescence. Disc of the 

 prothorax strongly rugose, with an impressed midiUe line, anti with two transverse 

 and somewhat oblique impressions at each side ; the lateral teeth strong, somewhat 

 curved, not pointed, and placed in the middle. Elytra very faintly narrowed behind, 

 strongly puncture<l at the base, the punctures arranged in three rows behind the 



