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supra coxarnm cavitates macnla majore basali nigris notato. Scntello apice snb- 

 rotniidato. Elytris siriKnlis carinis tribus iustructis, carina interna leviore, apice 

 fortiter bidentatis, plus quam tertia parte apieali nigris. Pro- et mesosterno luteis, 

 hoc lateraliter nigro ; metasterno nigro, macnla triangulare magna laterali lutea 

 notato ; abdomine nigro, segmentis tertio et quarto apieibus pallide fuhas, qninto 

 ad apicem impresso, subemarginato, sexto etiaiii subemargiuato, angulis rotundo. 

 Femoribus luteis, intermediis parte apieali snperiore, posticis dimidio apieali nigris ; 

 tibiis antieis luteis, parte ajncali antiee pieeis, intermediis piceo-nigris basi pallidi- 

 oribns, posticis totis nigris ; tarsis brunneo-nigris, apieibus nigro-l)runneis. 



Long. 8 mm., el3'tr. 5J, lat. 2. 



The black spot on the front of the liead stands farther behind than in N. 

 hidenfuln (Dalm.), as it is placed just on a level witli the anterior margin oi' the 

 upper lobes of the e^'es. TJie scape of the antennae is short and slightly piriform : 

 the fourth joint, except the base, and the fifth, except the apex, are of a buff colour ; 

 the sixtli and seventh are more brownish buff, whilst the following joints are pitchy 

 black. The punctuation of the elytra is strong, even at the apex. 



Hall. Stanley Pool (Congo). 



362. Paroberea obscuritarsis (Chevr.). 

 Old Calabar. This species belongs to Faroherea Kolbe, tlie males of which 

 bear two short spines on the metasternum, close to the impressed middle line. 

 These spines are not mentioned liy Kolbe, iiut I tind them in this and the following 

 sjiecies. 



363. Paroberea fuscipes Kolbe. 



Two specimens from Sierra Leone agree with a pair from Bismarkburg (from 

 the Berlin Museum) ; but the punctuation of the front of the head is much sparser ; 

 that of the elytra is irregular at tiie suture and sides ; the legs are darker, and 

 entirely black in the female. 



364. Paroberea similis sp. nov. 



$ 5 . Differt a P. fuscipes Kolbe : prothorace parum longiore, elytris quarta 

 parte apieali nigris, regiilariter seriatim punctatis. 



Long. 15i mm., elytr. IH, lat. 3^. 



Head and prothorax somewhat more rufous than the elytra. The prothorax is 

 a little longer than in P. fuscipes Kolbe. The punctuation of the elytra is regular, 

 even near the scutellum and tlie outer margins, and becomes slightly irregular at the 

 beginning of the black apical region. The latter occupies a quarter the length of 

 the elytra. 



Hab. Kniln (A. Mocquerys, 1892). Many specimens, which all have the aliove- 

 given characters. 



366. Synnupserha frontalis sp. nov. 

 J. iS. ochracea. Labro ef ciypeo uigro-linnmeis. (.'apite nigro ; fronte, genis, 

 macula utrinque pone oculos, verticis vitta mediana ochraceis ; fronte puncto uigro 

 mediano notata. Antenuis nigris, articulis quarto et qninto (apiee excepto) ochniceis. 

 Prothorace lateribus pauce rotundato, dorso utrinque punctis duobus nigris, uno ad 

 marginem anticuni, seeundo et liasim sito, et lateribus fascia lata supracoxali nigra, 

 notato. iScutello apice nigro. Elytris apieibus oblique truncatis, angulis acute 



