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the second but shorter than the fourth joiut ; thorax twice as broad as long, 

 the sides straight, the angles olisolete, the posterior margin rounded and broadly 

 jiroduced towards the middle, the surface entirely impunctate, black, rather opaque, 

 without depressions; scutellum ijroportiouately large, pointed ; elytra very convex, 

 narrowed at the apex, black, finely punctured in rows, distinct to the apex, the 

 latter rather truncate, their epipleurae jirolougcd ; underside and pygidium black, 

 legs fulvous, first joint of the posterior tarsi very long. 



Hab. Kuilu. 



This Monolcpta, is typical of the genus, but has prolonged elytral ejapleurac, 

 the shape is very convex, more so than is generally the case in this genus, the 

 entirely black colour, fulvous antennae and legs separate this species from any 

 of its African congeners, the elytral punctuation is also different in its more regular 

 arrangement from any species with which I am acunainted. 



Candezea pictipennis sp. nov. 



Flavous, the antennae black, tliurax transverse, sparingly punctured, elytra 

 finely and closely punctured, black, a subsutural and a discoidal stripe not extending 

 to the apex, flavous. 



Length 2 lines. 



Of elongate, nearly parallel shape, the head impunctate, the frontal tubercles 

 flattened, rather broad, eyes large, antennae extending rather beyond the middle 

 of the elytra, black, the lower three joints flavous, the first joint very long and 

 slender, the second very short, the third twice the length of the second joint, the 

 fourth longer than the third ; thorax more than twice as broad as long, flavouii!, 

 the sides straight, narrowed in front, the anterior angles somewhat oblique, 

 forming a slight angle before the middle, the surface impunctate or with a few 

 fine punctures only here and there ; scutellum small, black ; elytra very finely 

 and closely punctured, black, a narrow subsutural stripe from the base to below 

 the middle and another similar stripe from the shoulder to near the apex whore 

 it curves round towards the sutnral margin, flavous, elytral epipleurae very narrow 

 below the middle, black ; underside and legs flavous, the first joint of the posterior 

 tarsi extremely long, more than half the length of the tibiae ; anterior coxal 

 cavities closed. 



Hab. Sierra Leone. 



The peculiar pattern of the elytra will easily distinguish this species. 



Candezea violacea sp. nov. 



Broadly oblong, convex, dark violaceous blue, the basal joints of the antennae 

 and the legs fulvous, thorax impunctate, elytra very closely punctured, the 

 interstices slightly rugose. 



Length 3 J lines. 



Head impunctate, the eyes very large, the frontal tubercles rather narrow 

 and flattened, antennae extending to about the middle of the elytra, black, the 

 basal joint and sometimes the following two joints, fulvous, the third joiut 

 oue half longer than the second ; thorax strongly transverse, more than twice 

 as broad as long, tlie sides nearly straight, oblique, strongly narrowed towards 

 the apex, the angles obsolete, the posterior margin roundly and broadly produced 



