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Sparostes beevilobis, sp. n. S. brevicolli {Putz.) similis, sed differt 

 lypei lobls lateralibus hrevihus latis antice late rotundatis, .striola scutellari 

 longata, conspiciia, etc. Cylindrica, piceo-nigra polita, antennis pedib usque 

 •ufesceniihus ; lahro medio late triangulariter emarginato ; genis ante oculos 

 eniter rotundatis, post oculos hand prominidis occipite post oculoshaud tnher- 

 ulato : elytris punctato-stviatis, sutura apud basin hand dcpressa striolaque 

 cutellari valde eloiigata, interstitiis paullo convexis S^*' quinquepunctato : 

 netasferni lateribus ventroque toto sparsim punctulatis. Long., 20 mm. 



I Zambesi {Dr. Bradsliaw) . 



I Similar in size and facies to the larger individuals of S. brevicollis ; 

 t)ut distinguished at once by the anterior angles of the clypeus not 

 peing prolonged to the apex of the labrum, as in that species and in 

 S'. striafuhis, but only slightly advanced and broadly rounded at their 

 ipices. The 8th elytral interstice, as in the other species of the genus, 

 s narrow and cariniform at the extreme base and apex. 



Sub-fam. PELECIINu^. 



D1SFH.ERICUS MULTIPOEU8, sp. n. D. quangoano (Quedenf.), affinis et 

 luoad forynam similis, sed elytris versus basin minus longe angustatis, thorace 

 utrinque biseriatim punctato, etc. Castaneo-rufus {immaturus?) palpis an- 

 tennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis ; thorace breviter ovato basi angustissime 

 7onstricto ibique bisulcato, lateribus utrinque biseriatim setifero-punctatis, 

 nee sulratis, discoque antico punctis similibus confuse disjjersis : elytris ovatis, 

 a quarta parte antica usque ad pedunculum recte angustatis, punclulato-sul- 

 catis {sulro suturaH et marginali solum basin attlngentibus) interstitiis 

 3^0, 5^0, 1°, 8«, et 9" versus basin p)Unctis setiferis nonnuUis impressis. <J . Tarsi 

 antice articulis 4 late dilatatis 4«> breviter bilobato ; tibice gradatim dila- 

 tatcB apice extus acutissimce. Long., 10 mm., <J . 



E,. Ogowe. 



Smaller than D. quangoajiiis (Quedenfeldt), which, from the long 

 and gradual attenuation of the elytra towards the base, must be 

 specifically different from D. gambianus (AVaterhouse), of which 

 Quedenfeldt considered it a variety. D. quangoanus differs clearly 

 from our species in the thorax having a single row of setiferous punc- 

 tures on each side, in an impressed line, with a few larger punctures 

 on its inner side. In D. multiporus there are two rows of large 

 punctures, the lower one (representing the single row of Quedenfeldt's 

 species) in a line curved downwards, and shortened at both ends, the 

 inner consisting of twelve punctures in an uninterrupted row from 

 base to apex. The dilated middle tibiae are, perhaps, a sexual character. 



DisPHJ^Eicus TAESALis, sp. n. Niger nit idus, palpis et tarsis testaceo- 

 ruiis antennis extus rufescentibus : thorace ovato basi angustissime constricto, 



