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3"° 4'"que breribus, aequalibus, obconicisj tliorace latitudine paullo 

 longiore, subcylindi'ico, lateribus medio "valde constrictis, dorso ante 

 basin transversim sulcato, l9e\i, impimctato ; elytris basi vix elevatis, 

 infra basin vix transversim depressis, pimctato-striatis, interspatiis 

 planis, ante apicem subelevatis. — Long. 3^- lin. 

 Hab. Sierra Leone. Collected by the late Mr. Foxcroft. 



Face trigonate ; antennte moderately robust, nearly filiform. Thorax 

 about one-fourth longer than broad, transverse groove at the base 

 lightly impressed. Elytra each with ten rows of punctures, their inter- 

 spaces impunctate ; middle portion covered by a broad transverse black 

 band, which terminates at the eighth stria from the suture. Hinder 

 thighs slightly iucrassate, much shorter than the abdomen. 



Lema Jel-elii. 



L. elongata^ convexa, nigra ; antennis filiformibus, corporis longitudini 

 sequalibus, articulis 1"° infra, 9° apice, 10"° ll'"°que totis flavo-albis ; 

 thorace vix pone medium valde strangidato, constrictionis medio uni- 

 foveolato, flavo-albo, nitido, plaga magna trigoua baseos nigra ; elvtris 

 fortiter pimctato-striatis, limbo lateral! basi apiceque dilatato, nitido- 

 flavo-albo ; subtus nigi-a ; thorace plaga, metapleuris femoribusque 

 (horum quatuor anticis dorso, posticis apice, exceptis) nitido-flavo- 

 albis. — Long. 2 llu. 



Hab. Ega, LTpper Amazons. 



Antennoe with the fom-th joint slightly longer than the third, the 

 latter obconic. Thorax scarcely longer than broad, cylindrical, its sur- 

 face smooth, impimctate. Elytra each impressed with ten rows of 

 deep punctiu'es, the ninth entire ; basilar space boimded by an obliquely 

 cm'ved depression ; lateral edge of the elytra thickened ; interspaces 

 costate towards the apex. Hinder thighs thicker than the others, shorter 

 than the elyti-a ; abdomen covered with adpressed hairs. 



Genus Ceioceeis, Linn. 

 Crioceris Dromedarius. (Plate XIII. fig. 2.) 



C. breviter oblonga, parallela, pallide fulva, nitida ; femoribus incrassatis 

 (basi excepta), genibus abdominisque segmentonun singulorum macidis 

 tribus nitido-piceis ; antennis extrorsum fuscis, valde robustis, apicem 

 versus perparum incrassatis, paullo compressis ; thorace elongatulo, 

 subcylindrico, lateribus medio constrictis, apice paullo producto, disco 

 Isevi, serie duplici pimctoriun parvoriim impresso ; elytris basi gibbosis, 

 profunde striato-foveolatis, sti'iis hie illic interruptis, disco exteriore 

 piceo-maculatis, maculis impunctatis. — Long. 3|- lin. 



Hab. Cambogia. Collected by M. Mouhot. 



Head stained with fuscous between the eyes ; lower portion of face 

 elongate ; antennfe about equal to half the leugth of the body, very 

 robust, second and third joints submoniliform, nearly equal, terminal 



