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Eleusis alutella n. sp. 



E. fulvicomi Epp. vicina, picea, sat nitida, corpore an- 

 tico subtiliter alutaceo, punctis sparsis vix perspicuis notato, 

 picea, thorace rufo-piceo, elytris squalide aurantiacis, circa 

 scutelluni, inargine laterali anguste, margine apicali late ni- 

 gricantibus; antennis, ore pedibusque squalide rufis; anten- 

 nis brevioribus, articulis 2 — 8 prsesertim minus elongatis; ca- 

 pite angustiore, sat longiore, sulco laterali profundiore; tho- 

 race etiam angustiore, dente laterali magis producto; elytris 

 angustioribus, paulo longioribus optime distincta. — Long. 

 3_32 3 mitt. 



Cameroun. — G-abon (Libreville). — Madagascar (Diego- 

 Suarez, Tananarivo, Fort Dauphin). 



Oxytelus colonus Epp., Deut. Ent. Zeits., 1895, 135. 

 Cameroun. — Gabon, Togo. 



Oxytelus congoensis n. sp. 



tf Latiusculus, nitidissimus, nigro-piceus, elytris, praeter 

 angulos apicales externos late, piceolis, abdomine plus minusve, 

 preesertim basi, rufo-piceo, pedibus rufo-testaceis. Antennas 

 articulis 4 primis rufescentibus, 3o 2o parum breviore, 4o 3o 

 dinridio minore, penultimis fortiter transversis, ultimo conico, 

 duobus prsecedentibus paulo longiore, apice rufo. Caput mag- 

 num, transversim orbiculatum, f rönte impressa, lsevi, antice 

 angulatim producta, angulo dentibus duobus divergentibus 

 ierminato, tuberculis antennariis validis, rufis, genis post ocu- 

 los mediocres rotundatim dilatatis, vertice medio fossis duabus 

 magnis, profundis excavato, inter fossas et latera striato-punc- 

 tato. Thorax trapezoidalis, fortiter transversus, antice capi- 

 tis latitudine, postice fortiter sinuatim angustatus, angulis 

 ■omnibus parum acutis, dorso trisulcato, sulco medio profundo, 

 antice latiore, duobus aliis brevissimis, minus profundis, in- 

 tervallis fere lsevibus, lateribus late excavatis, punctura an- 

 tice et basin versus parca, sat grossa. Elytra thoracis lati- 

 tudine, parum transversa, sat dense fortiter striato-punctata, 

 post humeros tantum haud striata, lateribus antice sinuatis. 

 Abdomen transversim alutaceum, haud perspicue punctatum, 

 segmento 7o ventrali profunde emarginato, emarginatura me- 

 dio lobo apice quasi obtuse bidentato producto. — $ Dilutior; 

 antennis articulis omnibus brevioribus; capite multo minore, 



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