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376. Nitocris patricia Chevr. 

 Sierra Leone. 



3TT. Nitocris buettneri Kollip. 



Sierra Leoue, and " (^onfro." 



In one specimen ticketed " \V. At'r." the )iuDc,tuatiou of the eh'tra is denser 

 than in the otlier examples, their apices are slijjhtly emarginate, and the hind 

 femora blackish only in the middle. 



37;<. Nitocris comes sp. nov. 



iV. comtessa Kolbe affinis, sed dift'ert : Fariim major, antennarnm scapn infra 

 testaceo ; abdomiue segmento tertio nigro, macula magna mediansi triaugnlare lutea 

 notato, ([ninto latiore qnam in j\'. comtessa, in basis medio parnm fulvcscente, margins 

 apicali testaceo. 



Long. 22 mm., elytr. Ki. lat. 4^. 



Larger than X comtessa Kolbe. The scape of antennae of a Ijrick red colour, 

 except a black spot on the npperside. I'rothorax broader than in X. comtessa, the 

 elytra more dilated near the apex, tiie colonr of the alidomeu ditlerent, and the last 

 segment broader, and less narrowed at the apex. 



Hab. Sierra Leoue. 



379. Nitocris comtessa Kolbe. 

 Two specimens from Knilii agree with the description in all characters, except 

 in the colour of the antennal scape, wliich is yellowish for tlie most part, and in that 

 of the fourth abdominal segment, which is almost totally l)lack. 



381). Nitocris punctata sp. nov. 



? . N. rufo-ochracea. Capite punctis profundis instrncto, genis impnnctato, 

 parnm transverse strigiiloso. Antennis iiigris. Prothorace grosse dense punctato. 

 Scutello triaugnlare : apice subrotundato, flavo-albo-sericaute. Elytris brnuneo- 

 nigris ; qninta jiarte basali rufo-ochracea, macula triaugnlare comnnmi latiore i|uaiu 

 longiore anteapicali aurantio-sericea, macula stiturali sat parva postbasali albido- 

 flavo-sericea ; seriatim, ad apicem irregidariter, punctatis, punctis omnino grossis ; 

 apieilms reete emargiuatis ; singulo elytro ad sutnrain lougitudinaliter imjiresso, 

 jirope impressionem antice leviter unicarinato. AI)iioniine segmentis primo et 

 secundo luteis, flavo-argenteo-sericeis, tertio nigro, macula laterali apicali sat ])arva 

 aurantia notato, quarto toto nigro, qninto a])ice leviter emarginato, nigro, macula 

 basali laterali sat magna flavo-argentea ornato ; pygidio medio fulvcscente. Pedibns 

 rufo-ochraceis ; jiedibus posticis tibiis nigris, tarsis brunueo-nigris, femoribus 

 segmenti tertii abdominalis basim attingentibus. 



Long. 24 mm., elytr. 17, lat. o. 



Antennae black, clothed with an ashy pubescence, excej)t at the base ; scape 

 densely and, chiefly at the apex, rngosely punctuated. Elytra strongly uarrovk'ed 

 in the middle, and dilated near the apex ; the yellowish silky sj)ot situated on the 

 siitnre behind the base at the beginning of the blackish brown part of the elytra 

 is rather small, and does not extend to the scntellnm ; the anteapical spot is also 

 small, iind has the shape of a somewhat broad triangle ; the pnuctnation is coarse 

 and dense, and becomes irregular and more minute behind tlie anteapical mark : the 

 apices are emarginate, with both angles almost equally produced. The posterior 

 episterna with a feelile yellowish white silky s])ot in front. First segment of the 



