HELOTA GUINEENSIS. 203 



NOTE XVII. 



THE HITHERTO KNOWN AFRICAN-SPECIES 

 OF THE GENUS HELOTA 



C. RITSEMA Cz. 



Helota guineensis Rits. cf and Q. 

 Notes Leyd. Mus. Vol. XI, p. 108, 9. 



Length 13 — 16mm. — Elongate; shining; fulvous, with 

 the head and mandibles, a broad streak along the middle 

 of the pronotutn, the scutellum and the smaller apical half 

 of the elytra black, the latter with a slight dark bronze 

 hue; moreover the base of the pronotum and that of the 

 elytra edged with black, the sides of the protborax edged 

 with dark fulvous; the 5 or 6 basal joints of the antennae 

 fulvous, the succeeding joints from pitchy to black ; the 

 legs are black, with the basal half of the femora, a more 

 or less distinct spot (sometimes wanting) on the middle 

 of the tibiae, and the base of the claws fulvous; the 

 black of the apical half of the elytra with a deep triangular 

 incision at the suture. 



Head strongly produced in frout of the eyes, rather 

 remotely covered with large ovate punctures on the slightly 

 raised middle portion, more closely punctured near the 

 eyes, very finely on the narrowed front portion. 



Prothorax distinctly broader at the base than long, nar- 

 rowing to the front in slightly convex lines ; the anterior 

 angles rounded and slightly prominent ; the base broadly 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, "Vol. XXV. 



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