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dentatis, tertia parte apirali nigris ; singnlo elytro hicarinato, grosse, ad a]ncem 

 miiintius, pniiotato. Prnstenio, niosostenii parte intereoxali, femoribnsque anticis 

 infVii lirnnueo-ochraceis. Coxis anticis piceo-nigris, qnatnor postieis brunneo-piccis. 

 Alidoiniiie segmento iniiuto tnmcato, ad margiuem apicalem impresso, sexto (parte 

 dorsali) parvo, subemarginato. 



Loug. 1 1 mm., elytr. 8, lat. 2i. 



Head densely and coarsely j)nnctnre(l. Antennae extending to tlie-tij) of the 

 ehl:™, with the whole lonrth joint and the basal half of the fifth oehrcoiis buff. 

 Prothorax as long as broad, slightly bieon.stricted ; lateral region between the 

 anterior and basal blaek spots covered with golden silky pubescence like the ochreous 

 parts of the head. Each elytron with two strong lateral keels, and with a fine raised 

 line near the suture. Underside of the head, tlie prosteruum, intercoxal part of the 

 mesosternum, four anterior coxae and all trochauter.s, and the under suiface of tlie 

 four anterior femora of a more or less ochreous brown or pitcliy brown colour ; 

 the remainder of the under surface and legs black. 



Hah. Kuilu (A. Moc(iuerys, 1892). 



1 refer to this species, with some doubt, i\w» smaller nude specimens— one from 

 Cameroons and the other from '• Guiuee." Tlie frontal i)art of the head of these 

 examples is elongate, the base of the fourth to sixth antenual joints pale ochreous. 

 The two black spots at each side of the prothorax are connected by a slight blackish 

 brown streak, the legs and abdomen are more pitcliy, and tlie abdomen is narrowed 

 towards the apex, with the sixth segment very short and somewhat rounded at 

 the tip. 



36(J. Synnupserha cylindrica sp. nov. 



S. supra ochracea. Caj)ite fronie, parte postoculare, verticis vitta lata mcdiana, 

 nigro. Antennis nigris, brevibus, articulis scapo e-xcepto compressis, infra pilosis. 

 Prothorace latitudine breviore ; fascia mediana dorsali et lateribns totis snpra 

 coxas nigris. Scutello nigro. Elytris i|uinta ])arte apicali nigris, convexis, snb- 

 cvlindricis, apicibus valde oblique truucatis, augulis dentatis, irregulariter grosse 

 piiuctatis ; singnlo tricarinato. Corpore infra nigro ; prosteruo et medio mesosterni 

 Inteis ; pedibus nigris, femoribus quatuor anticis infra sordide luteis ; abdomine 

 segmento quiiito canaliculate, apice emarginato. 



Long. \'-l mm., elytr. 0, lat. :j. 



Head black ; its underside, a narrow line at each side of the front, bordering the 

 inner margin of the eyes, and the vertex — except a broad black median streak — of an 

 oclireous cok)ur. Mouth black, with the palpi luteous at the base and jntchy at the 

 apex. Pubescence silky bulf lieliiud the eyes ; jjuactuation coarse and thick, vertex 

 with very large shallow punctures between the eyes. Antennae black, extending only 

 a little beyond the middle of the elytra, with the joints thick and, especially the third 

 to sixth, compressed. Basal joints somewhat villose, and fringed underneath with 

 long hairs. Prothorax a fourth broader than long, sparingly punctured, and clolliecl 

 witli a golden silky ])ile at tlio sides of the disc; a median streiik and a broad lateral 

 band, touching the coxal cavities, black, the rest ochreous. Scntellum quadrangular, 

 black. Elytra convex, a very little dilated behind, with the sides rounded near the 

 apex; the tij) of each elytron very oblicjuely truncate, with both angles shortly 

 spined ; the ]mnctuatiou irregular, strong, and thick ; each elytron with three iliscal 

 carinae, witii the four interstices, between these carinae and tlie raised suture and outer 



