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versus. EIyt7^aj)nnctato-st7'iata. Pedes rohusti ; femoribus posticis valde 

 incrassatis ; tibiis spina apicali acuta armatis ; posticis qiiatuor extus 

 ante apicem emarginatis ; unguicidis simplicihus. Prosternum postice 

 depressum, dilatatum, truncatum ; acetahulis anticis integris. 



Yery closely allied in all its characters to Blepharida, but separ- 

 ated from that genus by its simple claws. 



EUTHECA HaEOLDI. 



Ovata, convexa, picea, nitida; capite utrinque inter oculos sulco sinuato 

 sat profunde impresso ; thorace Jlavo, disco piceo-tincto, ante medium fovea 

 oblonga, necnon basi utrinque vitta brevi, quasi linea curvata,fortiter punc- 

 tata, pone apicem posita, impresso ; elytris sat profunde punctato-striatis, 

 interspatils ante apicem et ad latera convexiusculis, maculis elongatis mnltis 

 ornatis. Long. 2f lin. 



Hab. : Late Nyassa. 



Mtbcina CnAPTJisi. 



Subelongata, modice convexa, nigra, nitida, abdomine obscure fulvo ; 



thorace transversa, lateribus rotundatis ; disco tenuiter pimctato, utrinque 

 intra marginem lateralem longitudinaliter impresso ; elytris infra basin 

 tranversim impressis, tenuiter punctatis. 



Var. A. Corpore obscure piceo. Long. If — 3f lin. 



Hab. : Lake Nyassa. 



Very nearly allied to Ilgrcina nigra, Chapuis, but much more 

 variable in size than that species ; its thorax broader, with more dis- 

 tinctly rounded sides, its upper surface more distinctly punctured, and 

 impressed at some distance within the lateral margin with a longitu- 

 dinal groove on eitlicr side. 



Al'lacophoea scutellata. 



Ovata, j)ostice paullo umpliata, obscure fulva, nitida, antennis {basi ex- 

 cepta) pedlhusque nigris, abdomine piceo ; thorace transversa, lateribus obtuse 

 angulatis, margine basali medio in tuherculum obtusum elevata ; disco 

 distincte 2^unctato, transversim sulcata, sulco medio interrupto ; elytris nigris, 

 media infra basin leviter conjunctim depressis, subcrebre punctatis ; singulis 

 basi obsolete gibbosis, conjunctis circa scutellum late excavatis,foveam magnam 

 transversam basalem formantibus, fovea Icevi, antice fulva, postice tuberculis 

 duabus contiguis ad suturam pasitis, instructis ; scutello libera, lineariformi, 

 recurvato — Mas. Lang. 3 — 3j lin. 



Fani. : Elytris basi haud gibbosis, circa scutellum haud excavatis, totis 



nigris ; scutello trigvnata, haud libera. 

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 Hab. : Lake Nvassa. 



