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and finely i)unctured, scutellum broad, impiinctate; eljtra cxtremcly 

 closely punctured, the piinctuation stronger than that of thc 

 tliorax, the interstices slightly riigose, their epipleurae broad, 

 coiitinucd posteriorly, below and the legs black, tinely pubescent, 

 thc tibiuo mucronate, the hist Joint of the tarsi more or less 

 fulvous, the anterior coxal cavities closed. 



Hab. Congo, Kamozi (Duvivier). Collection Belgian Mus. 

 and my own. 



Of somewhat simiUir shape and colour as oiir Agelastica 

 alni but a true Ergana, whioh I canuot look upon as a variety 

 of E. proteus Chap. on account of the smaller size and the 

 bhie elytra. There are two exactly similar speeimens before ine. 



Mesotoma gen. n. 



Obhmg-ovate, eonvex, autennae with the terminal joints 

 thickened, the third and fourth elongate, equal; thorax transversa, 

 the sides nearly straight, w'ith extremely narrow margins, the 

 posterior mai'gin sHghtl^- rounded, the angles obhque, the disc 

 S'ery obsoletely depressed at the sides; elytra metalHc, riigosely 

 putictured, their epipleurae very broad and continued to the 

 apex, legs robust, the tibiac suleate at the sides, the tirst Joint 

 of the posterior tarsi as long as the following two joints togethcr, 

 olaws bifid, the anterior coxal cavities closed. 



This is another genus allied to Pachytoma and Dlrcemella 

 Weise (Arch. f. Naturg. 1902); it ditfers from the first named 

 genus in the totally different shape of the thorax and from Dir- 

 cemella in the broad and continued elytral epipleurae. the thorax 

 is also devoid of the distinct depressions to be found in the last 

 named genus and the elytra show a different sculpture. Nirina 

 W.eise is another closely allied genus but has pubescent elytra 

 and if I have named my species correctly, has open anterior 

 coxal cavities, although Weise does not say anything on 

 that point. 



Stett. entomol. Zeit. 1903. 



