CHARADRONOTA CURVATA. IH 



disc , the apical and basal margins , a small spot on each 

 side and a small obscure spot in front of the scutellum 

 pitchy-black; strongly rounded at the sides in front and 

 slightly narrowed behind, posterior angles obtuse, coarsely 

 but not very closely punctured on the disc, the sides very 

 coarsely and more closely punctured , the basal part broad- 

 ly sulcate in the centre. Scutellum yellow ; punctured at 

 the base , the apex very acute. 



Elytra black , the sides and apex red-brown , a broad 

 hook-shaped mark commencing at the base near the hu- 

 meral angle curved inwardly before the middle and ter- 

 minating at the apex of the scutellum and a subquadrate 

 spot near the apex yellow; the disc with several rows of 

 ring-shaped punctures and two slightly elevated longitudi- 

 nal costae in the middle, the base convex and smooth 

 with a rugose impression near the humeral angle and sul- 

 cate at the suture, sides and apex closely and finely stri- 

 gose. Pygidium broadly yellow at the sides and apex , the 

 centre and base pitchy-black; very closely and finely stri- 

 gose , a small impression on each side at the base. Beneath 

 pitchy-black , broadly marked with yellow at the sides , 

 anterior coxae , front margin of the metasternum and broad 

 bands on the abdominal segments also yellow ; prothorax , 

 mesothorax and anterior and posterior coxae coarsely stri- 

 gose; mesosternal process broad, slightly rounded in front, 

 a transverse impressed line close to the apex; abdomen 

 slightly impressed in the centre , sparsely strigose at the 

 sides and apex. Legs red-brown , strigose and punctured , 

 anterior tibiae with two lateral teeth and the apex acute. 

 — Length 17 mm. 



Niger District, W. Africa. 



This well marked species is most nearly allied to C. quadri- 

 signata , G. & P. 1 have at present seen but two specimens, 

 the male , described above , in my own collection , and a 

 female in the Leyden Museum from Nyam-Nyam ; the lat- 

 ter is broader and more convex than the male and has 

 the angles of the clypeus and the teeth on the anterior 



Notes from tlie Leyden ^^useuin. Vol. X. 



