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together ; cLaws appendiculate ; the iintericir coxal cavities open ; prosternnm very 

 narrow, convex. 

 Ila/j. Kiiihi. 



Luperodes fiavopilosus sp. nov. 



Metallic bine, the antennae, tibiae and tarsi black, thorax scarcely perceptibly, 

 elytra finely and closely pnnctnred, underside clothed with long pale yellow hairs. 



Length 2 to 3 lines. 



Head extremely finely pnnctnred with a central longitudinal groove, frontal 

 tubercles nearly olisolete, clypeus broadly triangular, the anterior margin fulvous, 

 labruni and ]>alpi black, antennae scarcely extending to the middle of the elytra, 

 l)lack, robust, the lower two joints metallic blue, the third joint twice as long as the 

 second, but shorter than the fourth ; thorax transverse, strongly widened at the 

 middle, the sides straight, oblique, the anterior margin straight, the posterior one 

 oblique, strongly rounded and produced at the middle, the disc convex, minutely 

 punctured, only visible imder a strong lens ; elytra finely, closely and evenly 

 punctured, their epipleurae obsolete below the middle, legs slender, the posterior 

 tibiae armed with a long spine, the anterior ones unarmed, the first joint of the 

 posterior tarsi much longer than the following joints together ; underside clothed 

 with long flavous pubescence ; the anterior coxal cavities open. 



Hab. Kuilu. 



Two specimens, which probably represent both sexes are before me ; they differ 

 considerably in size, but in no other important details. 



Cei-ochroa inconspicua sji. nov. 



Elongate, convex, black, above obscure testaceous, thorax strongly and 

 remotely punctured, the sides straight, the disc with some obscure piceous spots, 

 elytra very closely and strongly punctured, metasternal process short and straight. 



Length 5 lines. 



Head with a few fine jiuuctnres, the frontal elevations flattened, jialpi rather 

 slender, testaceous, antennae black, extending to the base of the elytra, the first 

 three joints shining, the others opaque, fourth joint slightly longer than the 

 third, terminal joints shortened ; thorax more than twice as broad as long, the 

 sides straight, slightly narrowed in front, the anterior margin produced but not 

 pointed, posterior margin oblique at each side, the surface strongly but not closelj- 

 punctured, with or without a few piceous spots on the disc ; scutellum with the 

 apex broadly rounded ; elytra convex, extremely closely and not less strongly 

 punctured than the thorax : underside and legs black, the apex of the last 

 abdominal segment often testaceous. 



Hab. Kuilu and Loauda. 



Closely allied to C. maculicollis Baly, but smaller, the punctures of the thorax 

 more remote, the well-marked spots nearly absent, the punctuation of the elytra 

 closer and their colour much i)aler instead of chestnut brown. 



Monolepta fulvosignata sp. nov. 



Obscure testaceous, thorax extremely finely punctured, elytra more distinctly 

 and closely punctate, the base more or less and the apical margins reddish fulvous. 

 Length 2 to 2^ lines. 



