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Head closely and finelj punctured, testaceous, the vertcx 

 black, the fronlal elevations sniall, antennae exteiidiug to the 

 middle of the eljtra, black, the third and fourth Joint vevy 

 elongate, nearly equal, the fifth and following joints graduall}^ 

 shortened and widened; thorax about twice and a half broader 

 than long, of equal width, the sides augulate at the middle, the 

 posterior angles oblique, the diso M'ith an obsolete fovea at the 

 sides and near the base, finely and veiy closely punctured, 

 testaceous, with 4 black spots, one at eacli side, one near the 

 middle of the anterior and another at the posterior margin; 

 of these spots the one near the anterior margin is of transverse 

 shape, the others rounded; scutellum broad, its apex rounded; 

 elytra very convex, widened posteriori}", longitudinally depressed 

 near the lateral margins, the latter flattened ; below and the legs 

 black; the last abdominal segment of the male with a shallow 

 fovea, the penis long and slender, its apex rounded. 



Hab. Gaboon (my collection). 



Nirinoides abdominalis sp. n. 



Light or dark brown, finely pubescent, shining, the an- 

 tennae (the basal joints excepted) the breast and the legs black, 

 thorax three-foveolate, closely and distinctly punctured, elytra 

 punctured like the thorax with a sutural depression below the 

 base, abdomen fulvous. 



Mas. Antennae very long, the terminal joints shortened 

 and thickcned, last abdominal segment with a deep fovea. 



Fem. Antennae short, the terminal joints strongly trans- 

 versely widened, the last abdominal segment with a short tri- 

 angulär incision at the apex. 



Length 8—10 mill. 



(^. Head closely punctured, the frontal elevations narrowly 

 oblique and eurved, the anterior edge of the clypeus acutely 

 raisedi palpi black, antennae extending below the middle of the 

 elytra, black, the lower four jojnts pale fulvous, the thiid slightly 



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