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fourth is also feeble from the base to behind the miiMle, and ends in a second 

 anteapical tubercle. Under surface almost uniformly dirty yellowish grey. 



Hah. Gold Coast. 



Easily distinguished from P. licheimi Duv. by the sculpture of the elytra. 



324. Belodera subfasciata s|>. nov. 



B. brunneo-nigra, olivaceo-cinereo-puliesccus. ('a[iiti' inter antennas fortiter 

 impresso et punctato. Autennis corpori aecpialibus, infra breviter ciliatis, bruuneis, 

 articnlis basi luteis, tertio parum arcuato. Prothorace latitndine parum breviore, 

 antice fortius quam posticc coustricto, imjmuetato ; dente laterali mediano parum 

 arcuato. Scutello Inteo-albd-pubescentc, apice rotundato. Elytris apieibus suli- 

 truncatis, a basi ad apiccm gradatim leviter atteuuatis, snbconvexis, liumeris 

 rotundatis, autice seriatim, |)0stice irregulariter sat sjiarsim pnuctnlatis, parum 

 olivaceo-brnnneo-variegatis, in singulo elytro macula obliqua mediana et macula 

 iintea]iicali nigro-olivaceis sat iuconspicuis notatis. Infra ai'i|u:iliilitc'r pubescens ; 

 tiliiis tarsisque plus niinusvc rufis. 



Long. 9 mm., elytr. (^^, lat. 3. 



Clothed with an olivaceous ashy grey pubescence; elytra particoloured with 

 dark oliv<> brown ; protliorax and two markings on each elytron also dark idive 

 brown. Tlie first patch-like mark is oblique and placed in the middle ; the second is 

 more rounded, and stands in front of the apex. Pidieseencc of the scutellnm olive 

 buff. Head punctured only in the impression between the antennae. Prothorax 

 with a few (three or four) punctures at each side, and with some faint spots of a 

 paler ))ul)esceuee. Punctuation of tlie elytra ratiier fine, irregular at tlie apex, and 

 nearly regularly seriate in Iront : there .-ire about six mws of punctures between 

 suture and shoulder. 



Hah. Gaboon. 



Belodera Thorns., Syst. Ceramh., 18(54, p. 'i'12 = Stenosomn Mills.. 1839; 

 Slenosoma Leach, Crustacea, 1815, has the ])riority of date. 



325. Sophronica punctata sp. nov. 



S. bruunea, sparsim cinereo-pubescens, supra deusissime fortiter punctata. 

 Oculis raagnis, genis brevissimis ; tuberibus anteuniferis deplanatis. Autennis 

 corjtore multo iougioribns, infra sparsim longe ciliatis, articulo tertio et scapo et 

 articulo quarto breviore. Prothorace antice et postice subconstricto, lateribus medio 

 parum rotundato, iuerrai. Scutello rotundato. Elytris elongatis, apieibus angulis 

 externis subacuminatis ; singulo elytro lineis tribus et sutura (basi e.xcepta) elevatis. 

 Tibiis carinatis, anticis et posticis arcuatis, anticis extus serratis. 



Long. (5| mm., elytr. 5, lat. 1^. 



Clothed with a sparse bat rather long pubescence, which forms some very 

 faint spots on the apical half of the elytra (about three on each elytron, and arranged 

 in one row). Punctuation very dense, witii the punctures somewhat continent on 

 the prothorax. Tiic latter a little longer than broad, with tlie anterior and iwsterior 

 constrictions broad and shallow ; disc depressed, especially in front and behind. 

 Suture, except the basal portion, and three lines on each elytron, rather feebly 

 raised, and the lines interrupted here and there. Outer edges of the four posterior 

 tiljiae clothed with short bristles. 



Hub. Kuiln (A. Mocquerys, 1892). 



