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entire apical ahdomiiral sogments black; thc tirst joinf df llio 

 jtoslent)!- larsi as long as the Ibllüwing two joiiits togetlier. 



Hab. Gaboon, Congo, Ashanti (iny collection). 



A rather variable speeies in which the elytral spot is 

 sometimes greatly roduced or entirely absent, the abdomen also 

 is fulvous in a pingle speeimen befbve nie, bat the scnlptuving of 

 the elvtra is the same in all and will help in the recognition 

 of the inseet. 



Melasoma Dohrni sp. n. 



Davk fiüvous, the apical joints of the antennae black. 

 thorax extremely tinelj and closely punctuved, elytva stiongly 

 and irregularly punctate, the lateral margin strongly raised in 

 shape of a costa. accompanied by a deep row of punctures. 



Length 6 mill. 



Head sparingly punctured, with a central depression; the 

 clypeus separated from the face by a triangulär groove, antennae 

 extending beyond the base of the elytra, fulvous, the terminal 

 six joints black, strongly thickened and transverse; thorax about 

 twice as broad as long, the anterior margin deeply concave, the 

 lateral ones straight at the base, rounded near the anterior angles, 

 the surface closely impressed with very small and slightly larger 

 punctures, the sides scarcely more strongly punctured; elytra 

 wider at the base than the thorax, the Shoulders prominent, the 

 punctuation rather strong, irregulär but -not very close, with 

 a Single row of line punctures accompanying the suture, the 

 lateral margins strongly thickened and at the extreme edge 

 impressed -with one or two rows of punctures, below and the 

 legs entirely fulvous, with some punctures at the base of the 

 first abdominal segment; prosternum very narrow. 



This speeies is of much darker colour than .)/. lirida Stal, 

 )I. unicolor Jac. and M. discoidalis Jac. also of general smaller 

 size; the antennae are longer and of different colour and the 

 thorax is tiuely and closely punctured. M. tibialis Weise has 



Stett. entomol. Zeit. 1903. 



