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As reganls the shape, this s])ecies is allied to R. maculirornis Thoms., but the 

 lateral teeth of the prothoinx are very much shorter, ami the antennae of the male 

 are much longer than iu F. maculicorniis, while the ]iuncturation and iDJiiur are 

 also different. 



2911. Frea leucostictica (White). 

 Gold Coast. (Under Pliiiiwifotitcni'i hi the Munich Catahigue.) 



:^'|". Frea malachitica sp. nov. 

 ri. X., fig. 13.) 



S ? . /■'. nigra, pube griseo-viridi vestita ; capite parce punctato : antennis 

 nigris, articulis basi viridi-griseis, (d") corpore quarta, (?) se.xta parte longioribus ; 

 ]irothorace nigro-pnuctulato, dente lateral! postmediauo vi.x arcuato ; scutelln 

 longitudine tertia jiarte latiore ; elytris deusiter punctatis : humeris oblinur 

 truncatis binodulosis ; tibiis extus basi apiceqne nigro, intermediis praeterea medio 

 griseo-pubescentibas. 



Long. 17 mm., elytr. 12, lat. 7. 



Hab. Kuilu (A. Mocquerys). 



Easily distiugnished from all species of Fn'a liithertu known by Ihc peculiar 

 verdigris colour of the pubescence. 



:i01. Frea grisea ^p. nov. 



c? ? . F. nigra, ciiiereo-jiubesccus, elytris Icviter gnseo-albo-irroratis. Fnins 

 pauce punctata: antennae (?) elytrorum medium attingentcs (J iucomjilotae), 

 articnJis ([uinto ad decimnm brevissimis. Prothorax sulcis transversis antico et 

 jiostico dorso parum obsoletis, disperse punctulatns, disco impmictato, convexo, 

 dente laterali iiostmediano brevi, , Scutellum valde transversum. Elytra convexa, 

 juxta humeros leviter impressa. iiumeris rotuudatis, punctata, punctis post humeros 

 majoribus. 



Long. 12 mm., elytr. U, lat. -jj. 



Black, covered with a short ashy grey pubescence. Punctuation of t he tVoni 

 of the head conspicuous, but very s])arse. Fifth joint of the antennae half as long 

 as the third, fifth and following ones gradually diininisliing iu length. Prothorax 

 narrowed towards the front margin. Scutellum nearly three times as broad as long 

 in the ?, not quite so broad in the c^. Under surface uniforndy ashy grey ; femora 

 with some blackish spots. 



Hab. Cameroons and Gaboon. 



Its nearest allied species is F. senilis (White), from which it dift'ers in the very 

 short antennae, in the more convex prothorax, with the lateral teeth smaller and 

 closer to the base, iu the elytra being convex even at tlie base and having the 

 shoulders much less jirominent, and in the less well-marked spots of the elytra. 



Frea senilis (Wiiite). 

 Sierra Leone. l^Phymatosteriia senilis White of the Munich Catalogue.) 



;i"2. Frea sparsilis sp. nov. 

 c??. F. nigra, ciuereo-pubescens, uigro-maculata. Frons nigro-pnnciulata, 

 medio utrinquc macula parva notata ; vertex bimaculatus. Antenuarnm articuli 

 apice uigri. Prothorax dorso laleralitcr fascia irrcgularc longitudiuali bi-iuterrupla, 



