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SOME NEW AFRICAN ANTHBIBIDAE. 

 BY KARL JORDAN, Ph.D. 



1. Mecocerus hauseri spec nov. 



?. Nearest to rliornbens {\i<^G') Qned. ; rostrum rather thicker, ej'es a little 

 wider apart, elytra shorter, and pattern different. Tenth segment of antenna 

 nearly as long as eleventh. The following grey lines on njjperside : a vitta from 

 base of rostrnm across head and thora.x to apex of elytra, very narrow on elytra, 

 except at base ; another line on jirothorax nearly as in rliombeus, bnt less obIi(ine ; 

 between this and middle line, bnt closer to the former, a thin short Hue behind 

 ])rothorarical carina ; the sntnral vitta of the elytra complete ; from it branches off 

 at basal si.xth an obli(ine line which joins laterally another obliipie line as in 

 i-liombcux, this second line being more curved than in rhombciis ; tlie lateral 

 portion of the two fused Hues more transverse in hauseri than in )-hombi.'iis, 

 forming an angle with the second line in hauseri ; this second Hne bears in the 

 sixth intersjiace a short projection, which is the remnant of a line of which 

 further traces are visible lietween this jirojection and the outer margin ; a curved 

 Hue runs from the scutellnm across the base of the wing to the outer margin 

 which it reaches at basal fifth ; lateral edge of wing from this line to apes grey. 

 The three lines of the elytrnm meet at the ajiical angle of the metasteruum and 

 are continued as one line along its hinder edge. A streak above anterior coxa, 

 another before midcoxa, a band covering the mesosterual epimernm and continued 

 over the metasteruum (where the band is broken), and some small dots on 

 abdomen grey. 



Length, 11 mm. 



Ifab. Togo, West Africa. 



1 ? ; received from Prof Dr. Hanser, Erlangen. 



Blaberops gen. nov. 



S ? . Similar to Blaberus. Antenna of c? from two to four times as long as 

 the body, first segment short, thick, second about twice as long as broad, 3 to i) 

 very long, 10 and 11 about the same length, each about twice as long as 1 + 2, 

 11 acuminate, with some bristles at the tij) ; of ? not quite half the length of the 

 body, segment 3 a little longer than 2, shorter than 4 = 5, 7 longer than and 

 nearly twice the length of 8, club as long as 5 to 8, broad, li triangular, longer 

 than broad, 10 a little broader than long, rounded-triangular, 11a little longer 

 than broad, ovate, subtruncate at base. Eye larger and deejjer sinuate than in 

 Blaheraa. Carina of pronotuni autebasal, broadly and rather deeply concave in 

 middle, more or less flexed forward at side, angle rounded ; subbasal carina vestigial 

 at side, no basal longitudinal carina. Forecoxae contiguous. Mesosterual process 

 narrow, triangular, rounded at end. Tarsi long, first hindtarsal segment one-fourth 

 shorter than tibia ; foretibia not mucronate, foretarsus not woolly beneath, as is 

 the case in Blaberus. 



Type : B. macrocerus spec. nov. 



