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spot somewhat more posteriorly on the suture (perhaps this median 

 spot sometimes coalesces with the above-mentioned marginal ones 

 to form a curved transverse line), and a larger, bandlike common 

 spot before the apex ; the elytra bear solitary black setae, which ai'e 

 close together, particularly near the base. Under side, antennae, and 

 legs black, the latter clothed with long white hairs. 



Comes near to Stigm. setigenim, Schklg., from Obok, which is a 

 true Stigmatium and not a Phceocyclotomus (as erroneously stated in 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, serie 2, vol. xix., 1899, p. 548). 



Gen. APOPEMSIS, Schenckl. 

 Apopemsis simplex, n. sp. 



Nigro-brunnea, dense flavo-pilosa, i^rothorace nigro, dense suhtilitcr 

 punctidato, lateribus aureo-villoso, elytris sulcatis et transversim 

 'punctatis, tdtra medium macula communi e pilis albis formata, 

 pedibus riifo-brunncis, abdominis segmcntibus rufo-marginaiis. — Long. 

 9 mm. — Southern Ehodesia (Manica, Christmas Pass). 



In this new species the grooves of the elytra are not so deep as 

 in Apop. jmlchra, Schklg. (Stett. Ent. Zeit., 1903, p. 19), but for the 

 rest the species agree with the latter in all important characters. 

 Head brownish black, with long and dense yellow pubescence, 

 labrum yellow, antennae black at base, the club formed of the seven 

 last lamellate joints and yellowish brown, with solitary long yellow 

 hairs. Prothorax black, much broader than long, densely and very 

 finely punctulate, at the sides with a deep cavity, before which is a 

 deep tuft of golden-yellow hairs. Elytra blackish brown, with dense 

 yellowish-grey pubescence, and behind the middle, with a common 

 spot of white hairs, weakly grooved, the grooves with from transverse 

 to quadrate punctures, becoming smaller posteriorly. Sternum and 

 legs reddish brown, the femora paler on the under side ; abdomen 

 reddish brown, the apex and the hind margins of the segments 

 pale red. 



