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articulis 5 — 10 brevioribus, magis conicis. Caput latius et 

 brevius, frontis punctis 4 sequidistantibus, serie alia intus 

 juxta oculos duplo fere majores 4-punctata, angulis posticis 

 rectius truncatis. Thorax antice minus angustatus, angulis 

 anticis fere rectis, serie addita inter discum et latus sinuatim 

 4-punctata. Elytra fortius duplo parcius punctata, parum 

 cuprina, parcius navo-pubescentia. Abdomen subtilius punc- 

 tatum, versicolor, linea basali segmentorum recta. #* Seg- 

 mento ventrali 7o apice latissime parum emarginato, post in- 

 cisuram tri an gulariter impresso, Isevi. — Long., 8 — 9 mill. 



Variat segmento 6o präster basin 7oque toto testaceis., 



Cameroun. — Gabon. 



On trouve ensemble type et varieté, dans les deux pays. 



Philonthus maculipennis n. sp. 



Ad sectionem 6 Erichsoni referendus. Facie minimum 

 discoideiim Grav. parum simulans. Niger, nitidus, fusco-pi- 

 losus, palpis, antennis (prseter articulos 2 vei 3 primos ulti- 

 mumque testaceos), scutello, macula magna transversa elytro- 

 rum femoribusque piceis, elytris sutura et latius basi rufis, 

 apice anguste, genubus, tibiis tarsisque flavis. Antennce bre- 

 ves, articulis 6 — 10 sat transversis. Caput breve, transver- 

 sum, frontis punctis 4 sequidistantibus, punctis aliquot aliis 

 utrinque posterius dispersis, oculis maximis, genis brevibus, 

 angulis posticis rotundatis. Thorax convexus, brevis, trans- 

 versus, antice capite vix latior, inde ad basin sat fortiter 

 ampliatus, angulis anticis parum obtusis, posticis fortiter 

 rotundatis, basi arcuatim longius postice producta, punctis 8 

 inter latus et series dorsales disco utrinque notatis. Scutel- 

 lum crebre subtilissime punctulatum. Elytra sat fortiter et 

 crebre punctata, quadrata, obscure flavo-pilosa. Abdomen sub- 

 tiliter sat dense, apice parcius, punctulatum, segmento 6o 

 albo-marginato. rf Segmento 7o ventrali apice sat late et 

 profunde triangulariter inciso, prope incisuram impresso, laBvi. 

 — Long. 4 1 /2 — 5 mill. 



Cameroun. — G-abon (Loango). 



Philonthus strigiventris Epp., Deut. Ent. Zeits. 1895, 

 127. 



Cameroun. — Togo, Gabon. 



