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DIAaXOSES OF A NEW GEXUS AND SOME UNDESCRIBED SPECIES 

 OF AFRICAN FHl'TOFJIAGA. 



by joseph s. balt, f.l.s. 

 Chioceeis coeo:n"ata. 



Elongata, suhci/liudrica, Jlava, nit'tda capite nigro Jlavoque variegato, 

 vertice utrhique carina transversa curvata, medio sulco longitudinali se- 

 parata, instructo ; antennis brevihus, rohustis, articulis cylindricis,fusco-fidvis; 

 thorace longitudine latiori, subcordato, lateribus postice consfrictis, rufo-testaceo, 

 hie illic rude punctata ; scutello nigra, elytris infra basin leviter depressis, 

 regulariter punctato-striatis, margine laterali ante medium, fascia basali, 

 postice erosa, altera pane medium, antice et p)Ostice erasa, suturaque ab hac 

 fascia ad apicem, nigris. 



Var. A. Elytrarum linea apicali nigra absoleta, scutello fiava . 



„ B. Elytrarum fascia posteriori late iuterrupta. 



Long. 2 — 2| lin. 

 Hab. : Lake Nyassa. 



PCECILOMORPHA AMABILIS. 



Elongata, angustata, parallel a, fulva, nitida, p>ube subcrecta concolari 

 parce vestita ; tibiis, tarsis anteniiisque, nigris; thorace transversa, lateribus 

 pone medium abrupte angulatis, disco irregulariter excavato, ad latera sat 



crcbre, medio mimes crebre,p>unctato ; elytris subfortiter, subcrebre picnctatis. 



Lang. 4|- lin. 

 Hab. : Lake Nyassa. 



SCELODONTA NATALENSIS. 



Anguste oblong a, valde convexa, metallica-ccerulea, nitida, pube sericea 

 albida vestita, antennis nigris ; thorace crebre, minus rude, transversim elevata- 

 strigoso; elytris ablangis, sat fortiter punctato-striatis ; interspatiis trans- 

 versim rugulosis, ad apicem castatis, pube brevissima vestitis ; capite fortiter 

 picnctato, inter oculos triuugulariter impresso, clypci apice bidentato ; fcmo- 

 ribus muticis. Long. 2\ lin. 



Hab. : Port Natal. 



Readily distinguished from the other African species by its form 

 being more oblong, less attenuated towards the apex, and also by its 

 smoother and less coarsely punctured face. 



SCELODONTA JaCOBTI. 



Oblanga, valde convexa, cuprea, subtus sat dense, supra parcius, pube 

 albida vestita; antennis extrorsum, nigris, elytris purpureo-maculatis, setulis 

 suherectis ulbidis, seriatim dispasitis, vestitis ; thorace rude et crebre trans- 

 versim elevato-strigaso, interstitiis punctaiis ; elytris thoracis bast multo 

 latioribus, piastice attenuatis, fortiter punctato-striatis, interspatiis incrassatis, 

 transversim elevato-strigasis, una infra callum humerale alterisquetribus ante 

 ap>icem costatis. Lang. Vl — 2^ lin. 



