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median joints elongate, narrower at the base than ante- 

 riorly, the 9tli and 10*^ slightly shorter than the median 

 ones and almost oval ; the apical joint cylindrical with 

 the tip acuminate. 



Prothorax oblong , not furrowed , obsoletely punctured , 

 very shining. Elytra as long as 2^2 ^^^ prothorax, with 

 the base almost truncate, the shoulders rounded, striate 

 above near the sutural interstice and at the sides, obso- 

 letely punctured, the Srd stria is prolonged down to the 

 tip ; the dorsal interstices moderately curved , narrower in 

 the middle than in the remaining portion; apex of the 

 elytra margined and rounded at the sides. Legs regular, 

 anterior tibiae moderately toothed on the inner edge. 



Body beneath rufous, shining; head and metarostrum 

 at the sides with a line of hair-bearing punctures ; proster- 

 num foveolate anteriorly, impressed near the base; metaster- 

 num deeply furrowed, abdomen excavated at the base. 



4. C. complanatus , n. sp. 

 C. complanatus Pow. in litt. 



Depressus, ferrugineo-brunneus , nitidus , capite trans- 

 verso, pone oculos subrotundato , fronte anguste foveolata ; 

 metarostro ei mesorostro canaliculatis , antennis gracilibus , 

 articulis medianis subovatis, apicali brevi, ovato-conico ; 

 prothorace valde dilatato , depresso , nitidissimo; elytris 

 basi et apici juxta suturam tristriatis, medio bistriatis , 

 stria S'* dorsali apicem attingente, versus latera lineatim 

 punctulatis. — Long, ö^/g mill. 



Hab. Bonjongo (Cameroon). 



One specimen (Civic Museum of Genoa). 



Head transverse , emarginate at the base , almost rounded 

 at the sides behind the eyes, hardly convex above, front 

 foveolate. 



Metarostrum subconical, canaliculate; mesorostrum almost 

 foveolate, prorostrum a little broader at the tip; antennae 

 slender, short, with the median joints subovate, the api- 

 cal one also short, ovato-conical. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum , Vol. XVII. 



