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the liasal brick red region of tlie elytra is shorter; the apex of the latter is a little 

 less strongly emargiuate, and the puiictnatiou of the head much coarser. 



387. Nitocris lutea sp. nov. 



? . N. Intea. Capite prothonnieqne dense piuictnlatis, illo medio canalicnlato, 

 inter antennas piano, hoc latitudine breviore. Antennis uigris, versus apicera parum 

 brunnescentibus. Scutello latitudine longiore, sulirectangnlare. Elytris nigris, 

 qninta parte basali lutea, medio levitcr atteiiuatis, I'ostice parum dilatatis, apicibus 

 oblique emarginatis, angnlis brevibus acutis, fortiter dense j)unctatis ; singnlo elytro 

 carina discoidali autice sat conspicua postice obsoleta instructo, basi inter banc 

 carinam et sutnram parum elevata. Abdomine basi levissime coarctato, segmento 

 quinto quarto duplo longiore, post medium transverse constricto, apice levissime late 

 emarginato. Tibiis apicibns tarsisque nigro-fulvis. Femoribus posticis basim 

 segment! quarti abdominis attiugeutibus. 



Long. 9 mm., elytr. 7, lat. 2. 



This rather short species has a dense punctuation on head and prothorax ; the 

 median channel of the front of the head is obsolete anteriorly ; the discal carina of 

 the elytra is distinct on the basal half, and obsolete posteriorly ; the lateral keel 

 nsually found in species of Nitocris is absent ; the punctuation of the elytra is very 

 coarse and, behind the middle, somewhat rugose. 



Hub. Ogowe (A. Mocquerys). 



Distinguished from iV. bdsaUs Chevr. by the shorter prothorax and elytra, the 

 much paler colour, and by the structure of the elytra, and minor characters. 



388. Nitocris discoidalis sp. uov. 



?. X. lutea. Capite toto vertice et anteinuirum tuberculis apicibus nigris, dense 

 grosse, praeterea in interstitiis minute punctato, verticis medio sine punctis grossis. 

 Antennis uigris, corpore parum longioribus. Prothorace fortiter punctato, latitudine 

 vix longiore, disco macula magna rotunda nigra notato. Scutello apice leviter 

 emarginato. Elytris retrorsum sat fortiter attenuatis, ante apicem leviter dilatatis, 

 nigris, basi luteis ; singulo elytro vitta longitudinali, in impressione disci sita, aj)icem 

 fere attingeute pallide lutea ; ajiicibus oblique truncato-emarginatis, angulis modice 

 tlentatis ; fortiter, in disci impressione sparsius, puuctatis. Abdomine basi baud 

 coarctato, segmento tertio lateraliter macula nigrescente notato, quinto apice leviter 

 sinuato. Tibiis apicibus tarsisque nigris, femoribus i)osticis abdominis segmenti 

 tertii basim attiugeutibus. 



Long. 17 mm., elytr. 12, lat. 4. 



The basal seventh of the blackish elytra of a butf colour ; the whole discal 

 impression occupied by a h>ugitudinal pale bulf band, which almost reaches the apex; 

 the punctures of the impression black or nearly so, and more regular and much 

 sparser than those of the blackish lateral parts of the elytra. Each elytron feebly 

 cariuate beside the impression and near the outer margin. Sides of the metasteruum 

 with rather dense and coarse jiunctures, whilst the sides of the abdomen are also 

 coarsely, but sparingly puuctuateil. Abdomen somewhat narrowed behind, with the 

 fifth segment almost twice the length of the fourth. 



Hab. Kuilu (A. Mocipierys, 1802). 



380. Ecphora latefasciata sp. uov. 

 ?. E. ferruginea; capite inter et post oculos, antennis, prothorace in utrofpie 

 latere i'asciis duabus, elytris basi et apice, metasteruo iiedibusipu' nigris ; femoribus 

 anticis et intermediis rufis. Elytris retrorsum jiarum dilatatis, singulo tricostuto. 



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