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The type of interna is in Berlin, Konigliches Museum, and has 

 "Regn. Lunda" on the locahty lal^el. 



60. Mylabris (C.) serricornis Gerst., Peter's Reis., 1862, p. 300, pi. 18, fig. 1. 



Loanda, Huilla (Welwitsch), Humbe (-Anchieta). 



This fine species was first described from Mozambique. In the type 

 (in Berlin, Konighches Museum, marked ''Mozamb. Peters") the legs 

 are rather less hairy than in ordinary specimens. 



61. Mylabris (C.) trifurca Gerst.. Monatsb. Berl. Acad., 1854, p. 694. 



Chiyaka, 1 specimen taken digging in native path, 1 specimen in 

 large orchid, October, 1907, 2 other specimens, one on flowers of Faroa 

 wellmani and one flying, December, 1907 (Wellmax). 



Described from Mozambique. 



Type in Berlin, Konigliches Museum marked "Sena, Peters." 



Genus ELETICA Lacord., Gen. Col., V, p. 672. 



62. Eletioa colorata Har., Mitth. Munch. Ent. Ver., 1878, p. 108. 



Angola — "aus dem inneren" — (Pogge), Chiyaka, November, 1907, 

 taken flying in bright sunshine after a rain, 2 specimens (Wellmax). 



Described from the interior of Guinea. Kolbe {Col. aus Afrika, 

 I, p. 178f.) considers hicolor Champ. {Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1890, p. 

 645, tab. 56, fig. 8) from Central Africa as a synonym of this species. 



The type of colorata is in Berlin, Konigliches Museum. 



63. Eletioa Iseviceps Kolbe, Ent. Nachr. XII, p. 299. 



Chiyaka, November, 1907 (Wellmax). A single specimen wiiich 

 lit on my hat in bright sunshine. 



Described from the Congo. This species is very near rufa ¥., if 

 indeed it can be separated from it. 



The type of Iceviceps is in Berlin, Konigliches Museum. 



64. Eletica ornatipennis Luc, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1887, p. XXVII. 



Huilla (Campana). 



65. Eletica rufa Fabr., Syst. El., II, p. 78. 



Lytta hipustulata Fabr., loc. cit., p. 78. 



Eletica cardinalis Per., Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc, IV. p. 136. 



Angola (Welwitsch), Angola (Monteiro), Angola (Axchieta), 

 Chiyaka, January, 1908, twelve specimens (Wellmax). Always 

 taken about 9-11 A.M., flying, or rarely crawling, in bright sunshine 

 after a rain. One specimen also lit on my hat. 



First described from Senegal. This is an extraordinarily variable 

 species, ranging from light red to coal black, some individuals even 

 having the elytra pale yellow with black tips. I suspect that some of 



