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the suture downwards to the apex ; depressed , parallel- 

 sided , each with a faint trace of two costae , united at 

 the apical callosity, and a few longitudinal striae; sutural 

 margins smooth at the end. Epimera red , shining , deeply 

 and confluently punctured. 



Pygidium dull black , with a few scattered punctures. 



Undersurface shining black, sides of the presternum mar- 

 gined with red ; breast coarsely strigose at the sides , each 

 abdominal segment with a transverse row of large distant 

 punctures at the basal margin and an other row about the 

 middle, the last segment finely punctured; mesosternal- 

 process short and broad , apex straight ; sides of the breast 

 with sparse golden pubescence. Legs shining black, deeply 

 punctured , all the femora and the tibiae of the middle- 

 and hindlegs sparingly fringed with golden hairs; the an- 

 terior tibiae coarsely strigose above , with two distinct la- 

 teral teeth before the terminal edge, the other tibiae with 

 a strong tooth about the middle. 



This specimen has been captured by the Missionary Wer- 

 ner at Abetefi (Ashantee). 



Note» trom tlie Leyden Museum , V ol XI 



