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Scirtes qii adrijmstui afus , n. sp. 



Broad-oval, robust, convex, shining, thickly, rather coarsely pubescent; 

 black, the elytra each with a large transverse patch at the base (extending 

 from near the suture to the outer margin), and a transverse, oval spot on the 

 disc beyond the middle, testaceous ; the antennae black, with joints 1-3 

 (except 1 above), and the extreme apices of 4 and 5, testaceous, the ventral 

 surface obscure ferruginous, the legs testaceous, with the femora and tibiae 

 partly inf uscate ; denselj', minutely, the elytra more distinctly, punctate. 

 Head short, broad, the eyes large ; antennae moderately elongate, slender, 

 joints 2 and 3 short, equal in length, 4-11 each neaily twice the length of 3. 

 Prothorax rapidly narrowed from the base, hollowed in front opposite the eyes. 

 Elytra without trace of raised lines, the margins narrowly expanded. Ventral 

 segment 5 triangularly emarginate at apex. Posterior coxal plates angulate. 

 Posterior legs very stout ; the tibiae not very long, feebly curved, and sharply 

 carinate, the upper spur curved, nearly as long as the first tarsal joint, the 

 lower one short. 



Length 4j, breadth 3 mm. 



Hab. N. Khodesia, Namaiila (H. C. DoUiiian : 30.viii.l914). 

 One specimen, probably 6 • A species very different from any 

 other known African Scirtes, and resembling a 4-spotted Coccinellid. 



Scirtes hijidiis, n. sp. 



Broad-oval, somewhat pointed behind, convex, shining, closely, fint^ly 

 pubescent ; black, the base of the elytra broadly, indeterminately rufescent, 

 the reddish colour extending narrowly down the suture and forward on to the 

 scutellum and a narrow space in front of it on the prothorax, the antennae 

 wholly testaceous, the ventral surface obscure ferruginous, the legs testaceous, 

 with the femora more or less infuscate ; densely, minutely, the elytra more 

 distinctly, punctate. Head broad ; antennae moderately long, rather slender, 

 joint 3 very short, scarcely as long as 2, the others not very elongate. Pro- 

 thorax rapidly, arcuately narrowed from the base, the anterior angles deflexed, 

 obtuse. Elytra without trace of raised lines, narrowly margined, the apices 

 slightly produced. Posterior coxal plates angular. Posterior legs very stout ; 

 the tibiae feebly curved and sharply carinate, the upper spur almost straight, 

 cleft at the tip (as seen in prohle), and nearly as long as the first tarsal joint, 

 the lower one short. 



Length 3, breadth 2\ mm. 



Hah. N. Rhodesia, Mwengwa {II. C. Dollman: G.viii.l913). 



One specimen. A convex, broad-oval form, black above, with the 

 base of the elytra indeterminately suffused with red, the antennae wholly 

 testaceous, and the upper posterior tibial spur cleft at the tip. This is 

 the second species known to me with a peculiarly shaped tibial spur, the 

 other being >S'. suhulatus from the Niger. Compared with S. 4<-2'>uslu- 

 latus, the antennae in the present species are less elongate. In general 

 facies S. hijidiis is not unlike tlie Eornean S. ephippiatus. 



