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Oryssomus varius, sp. n. 



Ovate, brownish yellow ; thorax dark brown, variegated with 

 yellow; elytra yellow, irrorated with dark brown dots, and with 

 brown, almost black, irregular markings; one on the callus reach- 

 ing to g, rather large ; one taking the form of a band at §, and 

 running up the suture to the scutellum ; an oblique line in the 

 subapical portion. 



L. Itj lin. Chili (Germain). 



Oryssomus flavomarginatus, sp. n. 



Ovate, brownish red ; thorax subcpiadrate, margins broadly 

 yellow, a dark curved mark enclosing a red spot at the base ; 

 elytra reddish-brown, with a yellow margin, broader towards the 

 apex, and with a sharp tooth in the middle running into the com- 

 mon discoidal patch of brown ; the basal part of this is margined 

 inside with black ; the colouring is continued on the thorax. 



L. 2 lin. Chili (Germain). 



Cranophorus. 



Muls. iS])ec. p. 940 (typ. 4-notatus). 



Antenna? long, club 3 — 4-jointed, abdominal laminae complete, 

 eyes coarsely granulated. Closely allied in colouring to the African 

 Rhizobii, from which it differs by the produced thorax, which is 

 margined at the base ; the punctuation is extremely sparse and 

 obsolete. 



Cranophorus quadrinotatus. 



Cranophorus i-notatus, Muls. Spec. p. 940. 1. 

 Cranophorus scutelligerus, Muls. Spec. p. 941. 2. 

 Cape of Good Hope ; not rare. 



Cranophorus notatulus. 



Cranophorus notatulus, Muls. Spec. p. 941. 3. 

 Cape of Good Hope (Melly, Deyrolle). 



Aulis. 



Muls. Spec. p. 933 (typ. annexa). 



Claws dentate at the base ; elytra with the punctuation un- 

 equal ; epipleurse flat, concave, not foveolated; thoracic epipleura? 

 with a deep fossette, distant from the margin ; abdominal plates 

 complete, subtriangular ; presternum simple ; eyes coarsely granu- 

 lated. 



