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Lon^. in inni., elytr. 8i, hit. I5. 



Head ])niictiii'eU, with the checks and the middle of the vertex in front of the 

 pronotum impuiictiite. Antennae reaching the apex of the elytra with the tip of 

 the ninth joint ; fonr apical joints tawny, clothed with an ashy buff pubescence. 

 Prothorax about a fourtli longer than broad. Tlie reddish ochreons colour of the 

 base of the elytra gradually shades off into the black of the remainder; punctuation 

 of the elytra strong and thick, and quite irregular in the sntnral depression from 

 before tlie middle, and at the apex. Ventral part of the fifth abdominal segment 

 sinuate in the middle of the apical margin, without a channel or imjjression. Dorsal 

 ]iart of the sixth segment very short, feebly emarginate-truncate, and of a blackish 

 tawny colour. 



IIul). Ogowe (A. M()Ci|nerys). 



383. Nitocris basalis Clievr. 

 Sierra Leone, Gaboon, Knilu. 



Tlie specimens from Sierra Leone arc much smaller, and more especially 

 narrower, than those in the Britisli Museum collection (including Ciievrolat's ty])e), 

 and than our sjjecies from Gaboon and Kuilu, and have a longer fifth abdominal 

 segment. They belong perluips to a distinct species, or form a local race. 



384. Nitocris tibialis Kolbc. 



" P.cnuc." Tills sjiecies was (wllected by P. Staiidiugcr during the expedition of 

 E. Hartert and P. Standiuger to Sukofo ; probably it is found in the districts north 

 of the Beuue R. 



38.J. Nitocris brevier sji. nov. 

 J. N rnbro-ferruginea. (!a])ite medio canaliculato, inter antennas minute iiu- 

 presso, sat dense punctulato. Antennis nigris, corpore quinta parte brcvi<n'ibus. 

 Prothorace latitudine longitudini aequali, su]ira sparsissime pnnctato. Scutello 

 flavo-aureo-jiubescente. Elytris sexta parte basali testaceis, deinde nigris, versus 

 apiceni briinneo-nigris, medio levissimc attennatis, postice parum dilatatis, apicibns 

 valde oblique cmarginatis, angulis dentatis, fortiter seriatim ])unctatis, aiiticc jirojie 

 suturam laevibus nitidis ; singnlo elytro sat fortiter bicarinato. Corpore infra 

 pallide testaceo; abdomine basi vix coarctato, segmeutis duobus basalibus luteis, 

 caeteris nigris, medio et apice tertii quartique, basi mcdioque quinti fulvis ; quinto 

 leviter canaliculato, apice subtruncato-einarginato; femoribus posticis abdominis seg- 

 menti secuiuii apicem attingentibus; ])udibus Inteo-testaceis, femoribus pallidioribus. 



Long. II mm., elytr. 7^, lat. 2. 



Occiput, middle and sides of the prothorax and the base of tlic elytra with a 

 rather strong gloss. The jmnctuation of the head dense, and that of the prothorax 

 very sjiarse. The keels of the elytra rather strong ; the apex is very oliliqudy 

 emarginate and its outer angles bear a rather long tooth ; the brick red colour of 

 the base is sharply limited posteriorly and extends farther behind at the sides flian 

 on the disc. 



Hah. Sierra Leone. Three /e»i«ies. 



38(i. Nitocris pacoei Thorns. 

 Sierra Leone, Golil ('oast, Kuilu. 



The single specimen from Kuilu diHers somewhat lV(jni the examples I'mni tiic 

 other localities ; llie a]iex of I lie lasi antennal jninl is more restricted black, and 



