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353. Glenea (?) sylvia Thoms. 

 I refer with donlit to this species some si)ecimcns from tlic (iold ( 'oast,, as they 

 are in a rather bad condition. 



3.54. Nupserha vittata sp. nov. 



(? 5 . iV. nigra. Capite ochracoo, macula magna frontali, vittis duobns occiiiitali- 

 lins, maenla postociilare ante prothoracem sita uigri.s notato ; frontis lateribns et 

 macula in genis sita albis. Antennis nigris, articniis quarto ad septimum griseo- 

 sericeis, scapo elongato, articulis ])rimo ad tertium infra longe pilosis. Prothorace 

 ochraceo, latitudine parum longiore, disco duabus liueis, lateribus fascia lata nigris 

 notato. Scntello ochraceo, ntrinque liuea nigra notato. Elytris ochraceis : [)arte 

 apicali (parum minus quam dimidio) nigra ; apicibus truncatis vel emargiuatis, 

 angulis esternis longe spinosis, internis plus minusve acuminatis ; fortiter seriatim 

 puuctatis, apice extremo fere impunctato ; singulo elytro tricarinato, spatio inter 

 carinas primam et seeundam post medium elevato. (Jorpore infra pedibusque nigris, 

 prosteruo, mesosterni medio femoribusciue quatuor anticis infra sordide luteis vel 

 ochraceis. 



Long. 104 mm., elytr. 7A, lat. 3. 



Mouth blackish brown, with the palpi of a paler colour. Base of the mandibles, 

 epistome, sides of the front, cheeks, a streak above the four anterior coxae, and the 

 apical margins of the abdominal segments clothed witli a white pubescence. The 

 black streak behind the upper lobe of each eye runs along the sides of the middle 

 line of the prothorax to the scntellum, and borders the latter. Elytra somewliat 

 more narrowed behind in the <?, than in the $ ; their tip slightly emarginate 

 or almost straightly truncate, with the outer angles strongly spined in all the 

 specimens, and with the sutural angles nearly rectangular or produced into a short 

 spine. (!oxae and trochanters pitchy black, or nearly of a liuflf coloiir. Fifth 

 abdominal segment of the male somewhat elongate, flattened in the middle of tlie 

 apical part, and truncate, with the angles rounded ; the sixth (dorsal) segment 

 feebly emarginate. The fifth segment of t\\& female canaliculate ; its apical margin 

 rounded, with the middle somewhat straight. Antennae of the S extending beyond 

 the tip of the elytra, whilst those of the j only reach the tip. 



Hah. Ogowe, Kuilu (A. Mocqnerys, 1892). 



This species reminds one of Synnupnerha, by having the basal joints of the 

 antennae thickened and fringed underneath with long hairs. 



355. Nupserha antennalis sp. nov. 



i J . JV. ochraceo-lutea. (.,'apite fortiter puuctato. Antennis nigris, articulis 

 8° — 11" luteo-albis, ultimo apice nigro. Prothorace convexo, medio fere carinato. 

 lateraliter gibboso, fortiter punctato. Scutello apice rotundato. Elj-tris nigris, 

 inter suturam et costam mediam lutescentibus et griseo-pubescentibus ; basi 

 extrema lutea ; aj)icibus oblique subemarginatis, fortiter quadridentatis ; fortiter 

 seriatim punctatis, summo apice laevibus. Metasterni parte postica vel lateribus 

 nigris. Abdomine segmento quinto leviter late emarginato (cf) vel subemarginato 

 (?), sexto (J, parte dorsali) ])arvo emarginato. Tibiis tarsiscpie nigro-piceis vel 

 fere nigris. 



Long. (S lU mm., elytr. 7J, lat. 2. 

 „ '^ \' „ "„ 12, „ 4. 



