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334. Liopus africanus sp. uov. 

 (PI. X., fig. hx) 



i '}. L. aigro-bnuiDeus; elytris piceis; auteniianiiu articuloniiu (scapo e.\CL'pto) 

 feinorumque basi et tibiarnm medio Inteis ; pnbe jjrisea pariim flavescente vestitns, 

 albo-variegatns. Scapo uiiri'o-brnniieo, elytronim basim attiiiiieiite. Prothorace 

 disco punctulato, constriclioiu' liasnli puuctis prot'iuidis iiistriurto, dente laterali 

 versus posticnm diiecto armato. Elytro siugulo bicarinato; carina interna brevi, ia 

 basis medio fortius elcvata; irregulariter punctato, i)ost basim depresso, hac depres- 

 sions utrisque elytris commnni albo-jrabescente ; post banc plagam albescentem 

 fascia obli'ina nigrescente et in ajiice macula niiria aiitice pube alba cincta, uotato. 

 $. Segraeiitum abdominale ultimum tnbiformc. 



Long. 11 mm., elytr. 8, lat. 4\. 



Dark brown, \v\ih the middle of the umlci- snilace almost l>lack. Antennae 

 black, the extreme base of the joints of a buff colour, e.xi'ept the scape, which is 

 entirely brownish black. Lateral teeth of the prothorax varying in size. Scutelliun 

 longer than broad, with the sides nearly straight and with the apex either emar- 

 ginate, or truncate, or slightly rounded. Elytra with a large and very shallow 

 impression in front of the middle, common to both, and rather thinly covered with 

 a white pubes('ence, tliis white ])atch bordered behind with a transverse and some- 

 what oblique blackish band; ajx'x of each elytron with a black spot, not quite 

 reaching the suture, and spotted with white before this macula. Each elytron 

 bearing two distinct keels, both of them stopjnng beyond the middle, the interior 

 one more raised in front nf rlie ilciiression; punctuation irregnlar, and sparse at the 

 apex. 



Hah. Kuilu (A. Mocquerys, 1892) and Loauda. 



335. Exocentrus nonymoides >i). nov. 



S- E. nigro-piceus, brunneo-pubescens ; antenuarum articulis basi griseis ; 

 prothorace post dentem lateralem versus posticnm directiuu siuuato; elytris seriatim, 

 ad suturam irregulariter, punctatis, punctis autice parnm grossis, apicibns fere 

 hievibus, interstitiis griseo-maculatis; singulo elytro octo seriebus pilorum erectorum 

 setaceorum vestito. 



Long. Ti mm., elytr. 5, lat. 2^. 



Dark pitchy black, clothed with a tine dark brown imbescence intermixed with 

 grey. Base of the autennal joints grey. Head and prothorax extremely finely and 

 densely ptmctnlated ; the lateral teeth of the ])rothorax long and sharp, directed 

 liackwards. Scutellum triangular and rounded at the tip. Elytra spotted with giey, 

 with rather regular rows of punctures, except qviite near the suture, where the 

 punctuation is irregular ; tiie punctures rather coarse at the base, and becoming 

 finer behind ; the aj)ex itself almost impunctate ; each elytron has eight rows of 

 long setulose hairs. Middle of the tibiae grey, their lip and the upper surface 

 of the tarsi black. 



Hah. Kuilu (A. Mocquerys, 1892). 



Recalls the genus Konyma Pasc, but is a trne E.rocenlriia. 



33(1. Exocentrus grisescens sp. uov. 

 $. R. nigro-])iceas, cinereo-])ubescens, pube ])arnm fulvesceiite, albo-griseo- 

 variegatus ; anteunarimi articulis basi griseis; prothorace post dentem lateralem 



