( 266 ) 



Long. 16 mm., elytr. 12, lat. 7{. 



The black iiiter-auteuiial region of the licad iuternipted in the luidJK: by a 

 longitudinal ferruginous streak. Punctuation of head strong and sparse, with the 

 interstices finely puiu'tulatcil again ; between the antennae is a broad and shallow 

 imj>ressioii bearing a fine median channel. Antennae black, surpassing the middle 

 of the elytra; scape densely punctuated and somewhat wrinkled; base of the fourth 

 joint rufous. Prothorax punctulated ; the discal process very large, covering the 

 scutellum and the sutural jiart of the base of the elytra, somewhat compressed, and 

 notched behind ; lateral tubercle a little bent backwards; the sides witli a fold in 

 front of, and with a very broad and deep groove immediately behind, the tubercle; 

 disc with one black streak at each side ; another black and much broader band placed 

 underneath the lateral tubercle. Elytra somewhat dilated behind, with a longitudinal 

 impression behind the shoulders near the outer margin ; punctuation dense and 

 rather strong ; each elytron with two keels near the suture and one near the outer 

 margin, all vanishing before the apex, a fourth aud very short keel running between 

 the second and third near the apex ; basal and apical parts (notfquite J the length) 

 of the elytra black, the suture blacldsh brown, and the humeral keel more or less 

 ferruginous. Sides of the mesosteruum and the whole metasternum black ; abdomen 

 ferruginous, with the base of a blackish brown colour. Legs black, with the four 

 anterior femora rufous. 



Eah. Ogowe R. (A. Mocquerys). 



390. Ecphora analis sp. nov. 



? . E. ferrnginea ; capitc inter et pone oculos, autennis, prothoracis fasciis 

 qnatuor, elytrorum sutiara et (juarta parte apicali, mesosterno (medio excepto), 

 metasterno, abdomine pedibusqne nigris, femoribus quatuor anticis basi ferrugiueis. 

 Elytris retrorsum paulo dilatatis, singulo tricostato. 



Long. 15 mm., elytr. lOi, lat. (ii 



Head ferruginous, in front of aud Iietween the antennae, and also on vertex and 

 neck of a black colour, with a ferruginous median streak extending from the fore- 

 front to the prothorax ; coarsely punctured, aud depressed between the eyes. 

 Antennae black, extending be3-ond the middle of tlie elytra ; scape densely 

 punctuated; base of the fourth joint rufous. Prothorax ferruginous, with two 

 black longitudinal streaks at each side, one discal aud one lateral ; median process 

 large, compresseil, and notched behind, with some large punctures posteriorly ; 

 lateral tooth siiort ; sides witli a fold in front of, and a deep groove behind, the teeth. 

 Elytra ferruginous, rather coarsely punctured, with the suture and the a])ical fourth 

 black ; each elytron bearing three keels, two of them near the suture, and one near 

 the outer margin, all vanishing at the base and apex, and an impression behind the 

 shoulder near the outer margin. Under surface and legs black ; prosternum, miildle 

 of the mesosteruum, aud four anterior femora (except their tip) of a ferruginous 

 colour. 



Ilah. Sierra Leone (Dr. t'lements). 



H'.il. Ecphora testator (Fabr). 

 Sierm Leone, and Kuilu. 



1394. 



