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interstices are longitudinally costate ; underside and legs black, tincly pubescent, 

 I)osterior femora not extending to the apex of the abdomen, the latter at the 

 sidt's with some obscure fiJvons spots. 



llab. Siei-ra Leone. 



This species seems to me to be distinct from L. armnta and several other 

 closelj- allied forms from Africa, on account of the sculpture of the thorax which 

 (lilFerB in its transverse rugosities from any of the allied species ; other differences 

 may be found in the colour of the antennae aud the rufous sjiots of tlie abdominnl 

 segment : the lioad below aud the flanks of the thorax are also black in the 

 present species, of wliicli a single specimen only is before mc. 



Crioceris duodecinimacnlata s]). nov. 



Broad, robust, fulvous, the antennae aud legs black, thorax distinctly 

 jiunctured, not longer tliau broad, elytra strongly pnuctate-striate at the base, 

 fulvous, eacli elytron with six black spots (2. 2. 2.) placeil transversely. 



Ah. The spots more or less confluent, the one near the scutellum wanting. 



Length 4i to o lines. 



Head strongly constricted behind the eyes, the latter very prominent, deeply 

 notched, the space surrounding them aud the lower portion of the lace clothed 

 with yellowish pubescence, antennae extending to the base of the elytra, the 

 lower four joints fulvous, shining, the others black, pubescent, the basal joint 

 short, nearly subquadrate, the second small, the following two joints of equal 

 length, the other joints longer than broad ; thorax nearly as broad as long, 

 slightly narrowed in front, the sides moderately constricted, the anterior angles 

 rounded, the surface rather closely and distinctly punctured without basal 

 sulcation, elytra with a sutural depression below the base, the latter sliglitly 

 raised, strongly puuctate-striate, the punctures gradually getting finer towards 

 the apex, the interstices flat, the lateral margin strongly thickened througli its 

 entire length, a spot on the shoulder, one near the scutellum, two at the middle 

 and two near the apex, placed transversely black ; underside aud legs sjiaringly 

 covered with single hairs. 



Knilu, also Gaboon (coll. Jacoby). 



A large-sized species, easily known by the number and position of the 

 elytral spots. 



Poecilomorpha centromaculata sp. nov. 



Fulvous, the antennae, the breast and the legs more or less black, thorax 

 transverse, nearly im[)uuctate, tubercnlate at the sides, elytra strongly and 

 remotely punctured, sparingly pubescent, a spot at the shoulder and anotlier 

 transverse one at the middle, black. 



$. The posterior femora strongly incrassate, ovate, with a strong tooth, 

 their tibiae curved. 



Length 5 Hues. 



Of robust and parallel shape, the upper surface sparingly clothed with 

 black, stiff hairs, the head sparingly punctured, impressed in the middle with 

 a single black fovea, eyes large, narrowly but deeply notched, antennae extending 

 slightly beyond the base of the thorax, black, the first joint fulvous below, the 

 fifth and following joints strongly transversely widened ; thorax more than twice 



