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The ver)- fine ashy grey pubescence confined to three longitudinal streaks on tlie 

 protliorax, and to some iuconspicnoiis longitudinal iiud more or less confluent bauds 

 on the elytra. The punctuation rather strong and thick. Front of the head 

 somewhat convex, with a fine smooth median line. Scape of antennae distinctly 

 thickened towards the tip, a little longer than the third joint, and the latter a little 

 longer than the fourth. The liase of the elytra somewhat impressed behind the 

 scutellnm and close to the shoulders ; each elytron with two feebly raised lines 

 towards the sides. Legs more or less pitchy, with the tarsi of a darker colour. 

 Tip of the tibiae clothed with a golden pile. 



Huh. Kuilu (A Mnc(iuerys, 1892). 



330. Anauxesida lineata sp. nov. 



A. nigra, cinereo-pnbescens. Capite fronte fere piano, sat minute punctulato. 

 Antennis corpore duplo et dimidio longioribus, omnino hirsutis, sca]JO valde 

 elongato, articulo tertio parum longiore, lioc quarto panlo longiore, nono (ajjice 

 e.xtremo excepto) albo et albo-hirsuto. Prothorace latitudine duplo longiore, iintiee 

 et postice vis coustricto, lateribus recto, grosse conflnenter punctato. Scutello 

 rotundato. Elytris retrorsum leviter attenuatis, sat dense, ad apicem s])arsim 

 punctatis, apicibus emarginatis, augnlis fortiter spinosis. 



Long. 13 mm., elytr. !), lat. 2. 



Black, elothcd with a fine ashy grey pubescence, which is confined to three 

 longitudinal and rather iueon.spicuons streaks on the vertex, protliorax, and each 

 elytron. Scape of antennae feebly and gradually thickened towards the tip, hali' as 

 long as the elytra. Punctuation of the ]>rothorax stronger than that of the head. 

 Disc of the elytra flattened, with a slight longitudinal impression in front ; snture 

 also somewhat impressed behind the scutellnm ; punctuation dense and rather 

 strong, finer and sparser at the apex, with the punctures of tlie .sides arranged in 

 irregnlar rows. Presternum transversely seriately punctured. Hind femora reaching 

 the apex of the second abdominal segment. 



Hab. Kuilu (A. Mocquerys, 1«92). 



331. Hippopsis nematocera Guer. 

 Sierra Leone. 



332. Psapharochrus eximius sp. nov. 

 J. Pa. brunneo-niger, antennis pedibusque rufescentibns, femorum parte 

 incrassata nigra ; infra olivaceo-griseo-, supra olivaceo-fulvo-pubescens, supra 

 griseo-variegatns. Fronte et verticis parte anteriore singulis punctis grossis 

 instmctis. Antennis articnlis basi griseis, scapo ad basim et toto articulo tertio 

 longitudinaliter snlcatis. Prothora(* carina mediana acuta armato, disco ntriuque 

 nodositate sat magna instracto, in de])ressionibus dorsi grosse et parum dense 

 punctato. Scutello apice leviter emarginato. Elj'tris dense grosse punctatis, 

 apicibus angidis externis productis, suturalibus rotnndatis ; sutnra nigro-gnttnlata : 

 singulo elytro fascia transversa postmediana angnsta valde obliqna nigro-brnnuea ni 

 suturam ni marginem externum attingente, notato et duobus carinis levihus 

 discoidalibus instructo, carina interiore ad basim sat fortiter elevata et parum 

 serrulata, exteriore ante medium obsoleta. Femoribns posticis ad basim carinatis. 



