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black, ihc lower threc Joint s more or Icss fulvoiis, the first and 

 third Joint veiT long, equal^ the second very short, the other 

 joints sHghtlj shorter than the third, thorax one half broadei- 

 than long, slightly consti-ieted at the base, the sides feebly 

 roinided anteriorly, the disc with a deep transverse suleatiou, 

 not extending to the mavgins, entirely impunctate, fiüvous, 

 scutellum triangulär, fulvous, elytra closely and slightly rugosely 

 punctured, dark blue, below and the legs fulvous, the abdomen 

 black, the tibiae unarmed, the first Joint of the posterior tarsi 

 as long as the following joints together, claws' appendieulate, 

 the anterior coxal cavities closed.. 



Hab. Luitpoldkette, Africa or. (Collection Belgian Mus. and 

 my own). 



AU the spccimens before me are males, the female is very 

 probably devoid of the excavation of the head. 



Phyllobroticella simplicipennis sp. n. 



Flavous, the anteunae (the basal thrce joints excepted) 

 black, thorax transverscly sulcale, impunctate, elytra rather finely 

 and closely punctured, without foveae or tubercles. 



Mas. The third Joint of the antennae triangularly widened, 

 the last abdominal segmcnt with the median lobe longitudinally 

 sulcate at the base. 



Length 51/2 ii^iH' 



Head shining and impunctate, the frontal elevations broad, 

 trigonate, carina acutely raised, eyes very large, antennae 

 extending below the middle of the elytra, black, the lower three 

 joints flavous, the basal Joint robust, the second short, the third 

 triangularly widened, slightly emarginate at the apex, fourth Joint 

 rather shorter, terminal joints elongate and slender^ thorax nearly 

 twice as broad as long, the sides feebl}' rounded, . the surface 

 impunctate, transverscly sulcate; elytra wider at the. base than the 

 thorax, rather closel}", finely but distinctly punctured; legs slender, 

 the first Joint of the posterior tarsi elongate, claws appendieulate. 



Stett. entomol. Zeit. 1903. 



