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'■iS'.i. Chariesthes bella (I)aliu. ). 

 Sierra Leouc. Two male specimens are of n, v(M'y pale I'.oloiir, the legs ami base 

 ol anteuuae lieing almost buff; in both the humeral oblique rufous Ituti' streak is 

 very small, in one of them reduced to a narrow and short spot ; the transverse 

 median baud is also very short. 



:.';U. Chariesthes bella carissima (Westw.). 



Some specimens from Uehigoa Bay differ from the typical form from Sierra 

 Leoue in the pubescence being of an ashy grey colour, with a slight tint of pearl 

 blue ; the head has one spot only on the front, the scajie of the antennae is much 

 stronger, the scutellum is entirely rufous, and the rufous bands of the elytra are 

 much broader than in Gk. bella. 



I refer these specimens to AVestwood's Sapcnia cannsiimi {Ann. Mni/. N. IL, 

 viii., 1841, \). 124), which I believe is a local form o{ Lamia bella Dalm. 



23.J. Chariesthes fi'eya sp. uov. 

 (PI. X., figs. 8 and 0.) 



(? ? . Cli. pallide ochracea. Caput dense albo-viridi-tomentosnm, vertice postice 

 uigro. Antennae uigrae, 3 corpore duplo et dimidio, ? duplo longiores. Pi'othorax 

 dense albo-viridi-tomentosus, fascia lata mediana nigra notatus. Scutellum nigrum. 

 Elytra tertia parte basali pallide ochracea, delude nigrae, fascia transversa plus 

 minusve flexuosa in elytrorum quarta parte apicali sita et (in singulo elytro) macula 

 parvii anteapicali griseo-caernleis ornata. Meso- et metasternum latoraliter virides- 

 ceuti-tomentosa. Tarsi brunnei vel uigro-bruunei. 



Long. 9 mm., elytr. (3, lat. 2t. 



Thinl and fourth joints of the black antennae sometimes pitchy. Scutellum 

 black and rounded. Elytra a little less convex than in the other species of 

 Chai'iestltcs. Sides of the prothorax usually with only one black spot in the basal 

 constriction, but sometimes with a second one in the anterior constriction. 



Hab. Kuilu (A. Mocquerys, 1892). 



236. Chariesthes autennata sp. nov. 



3 ? . Gil. flavo-brunnea, pube viridi-alba vestita. Antennis, elytrorum apice 

 tarsisque nigris. Vertice et jirothorace quinque vittis Ijrunneis, elytro singulo 

 maculis quinque viridi-albis notatis, scilicet : jn-ima basali elougata prope suturam, 

 secunda parva sub humerum, tertia posthumerali ovata, cum prima connexa, quiuta 

 anteapicali magna antice rotundata, postice angulata, extus profundissime sinuata, 

 fere annuliformi. S Antennae corpore jilus triplo, ? plus duplo longioribus. 



Long. 10 mm., elytr. 7, lat. 3. 



Yellowish l^rown, with the up])er lip, mandibles, antennae, apical part of elytra, 

 and tarsi black ; with a whitish pubescence that has a feeble tint of green, this 

 pubescence confined on the elytra to a number of spots. Head without a transverse 

 brown marking between the antennae, but marked with two brown spots or inu! 

 short transverse baud in the centre of the front ; neck brown, vertex and prolhorax 

 with five longitudinal and continuous brown streaks. Antennal tubercles brown. 

 Scutellum regularly rounded al the apex, clotlu'd witii a rather sparse whitish 

 pubescence, which is absent in some specimens. Of the five markings of each 

 elytron the first is placed close to the scutellum and suture, and is longer than 

 broad, pointed behind ; its sutural margin is straight, and the exterior one obliquely 



