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argeuteo-sericeis. Elj-tris spatio iiostscutellare saf maguo laevi nitido, medio 

 angnstatis, postice dilatatis, apicibns emargiiiatis. Femoribtjs postieis apicem 

 seginenti secundi abdominalis attingeiitibus. 



(?. Seginento i|ninto abdominali apice aiiguste sinuato ; sexto pavvo, parte 

 dorsali paiue prominente, ln'unnesceuto, a])ice vix euiarginata. 



?. Segmeiito i|ninto medio levissime de))resso, !i]iice subtrniieato-emargiiiato, 

 pygidio bnmiieo. 



Long. 22 mm., elytr. 17, lat. 4i. 



Closely allied to the preceding species, tVom whicli it ditt'eis in the t'ollowing 

 characters : — Scape of antennae ochreous ; prothovax and prosfernnm ochreous only 

 in front ; elytra mach broader, with a much larger smooth space behind the 

 scutellum, and with the apices emarginate ; the two basal segments of the abdomen 

 entirely silky white, with a tint of buff, the two last segments shorter than in 

 iV. <lux, and of a different form and structure ; legs black, hind femora a little 

 longer than in X. dux. 



Ilab. Kuiln (A. Moci|uerys, \><92). 



•50!). Nitocris regina sji. nov. 



¥. X. atra, nitida. Capite ocliraceo, fronte et verticis medio punctuhito. 

 Antennis versus apicem fulvis, scapo ochraceo, macula nigra notato. Prothorace 

 autice et toto prosterno ochraceis. Scutello albo-serieeo. Elytris medio modice 

 attenuatis, postice dilatatis, parnm brtmneseentibus, apicibus emarginatis, spatio 

 basali scutellum amplecteute laevi. Abdomiue segmentis primo et — lateribus 

 exceptis — secuudo albo-sericeis, ultimo (?) ante apicem minute constricto, ad 

 apicem leviter transverse impresso, basi canaliculato, apice truncato. Omnibus 

 coxis et femoribus (piatuor anticis ochraceis. Femoribus jiosticis apicem segmenti 

 secundi abdominalis attingeutibus. 



Long. 25 mm., elytr. 19|, lat. 5. 



Hub. Kuilu (A. Mocqnerys, 1892). 



Similar to iV. dxix sp. nov. in colour of liead, protliornx. i'oui' anterior femora, 

 and two basal segments of the abdomen, but differing from that species in the finer 

 punctuation of the head, in the colour of the antennal scape, in the broadei-, and, 

 at the apex, emarginate elytra, and in the form of tlie broader and truncate last 

 segment of the abdomen. From A', pi'inceps sp. nov., to which it is allied in the 

 broad form and jieculiar colour of the elytra, which are glossy black, with a feeble 

 tint of olive green, it may be easily distinguished by the different colour of the 

 prosternum, four anterior legs and scape, and by the finer punctuation of the head, 

 the truncate last segment of the abdomen bearing a transverse impression close to 

 the ajiex, and by some minor characters. 



37ii. Nitocris coelebs sp. nov. 

 6- A', atra ; capite, prothoracis parte autica, prosterno, (piatuor femoribus 

 anticis ochraceo-luteis ; antennis fulvis, versus basim nigris. (lapite fronte laevi, 

 vertice inter ocidos paucis puuctis instnicto. Prothorace vix j)nnctato. Scutello 

 albo-sericeo, elougato, apice rotundato. Elytris basi cxcepta bruuneo-nigris, medio 

 sat fortiter attenuatis, postice parum dilatatis, apicibus oblique emarginatis, quadri- 

 deutatis ; singulo elj-tro juxta impressioneui suturaleni leviter carinato. Abdoniiiic 

 segmentis primo et (lateribus exceptis) secundo albo-sericeis, tertio quartoque 

 macula laterali apicali ochraceo-aureo-sericea notatis ; quarto margine ;ipicali, quintu 



