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rounded, the suvfaco vevv closelv and liiielv puiictured, the 

 puncture.s more distinct than those of Ihc llun-ax; below and the 

 legs black. abdoinou flavoup, olaws bitid, all the tibiae with 

 a small spino. 



Hab. Sierra Leone. 



Ol' tliis species I onlv know the fcmale sex of whieli t^o 

 spociniens are contained in my collect ion, the male has j)vobably 

 more strongly dilated intevniediate joints oi" the antennac as is 

 the case in the type L. Iiislrio Baly. Th<! ])resent species is 

 well distinguished by the culoiir of the elytra. 



Morphosphaeroides gen. n. 



Body broadly ovate, antcnnae rather robust, the second 

 and third Joint very short, equal; thorax transverse, the sides 

 strongly rounded, with a reflexed margin, elytra rugosely punctate, 

 their epipleurae broad, continued to the apex, tibiae smooth^ all 

 mueronate, the first Joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the 

 following two joints together, claws appendieulate, prosternum 

 narrow, the anterior coxal cavities open. 



Very closely allied to the Eastern genus Morphosphacra Baly 

 but diflFering in the very short second and third Joint of the 

 antennae, the margined sides of the thorax and the simple non 

 sulcate tibiae, the latter {)arts in Morphosphaera are strongly 

 sulcate, in general shapc and coloration the two genera are 

 identical. 



Morphosphaeroides africana sp. n. 



Black, the head with some fulvous spots, thorax testaceous, 

 with five larger and smaller black spots, impunctate, scutellum 

 black, elytra testaceous, very closely and rather strongly punetured. 



Length 8 — 9 mill. 



Head impunctate, blaok, the vertex with two more or less 

 distinct fulvous spots, frontal tubercles broad and flat, black, 

 clypeus margined with flavous, antennae stout, extending to the 

 middle of the elytra, black, the lower three joints shining, more 



Stett. entomol. Zeit. 1903. 



