]\Ir. ^Y. L. Di.staut's Rhijnchotal Soles. 3l'5 



basal area and two transverse fasciae (one near middle l)ro;id 

 and straight, the other narrower and curved before apex) 

 purplish brown ; pronotuin thickly punctate, strongly cen- 

 trally, longitudinally carinate, the lateral processes recurved, 

 gradually narrowing to apices, which are acute, posterior 

 ])rocess above tinely serrate, i-oI)ustly raised at base, and 

 downwardly couvexly curved above scutellum and to a little 

 beyond its ai)ex, and then again recurved to. apex, which 

 extends beyond the posterior jjrocess of inner tegminal 

 margin. 



Long. 7 mm.; exp. lat. ])ronot. process. 4 mm. 



Hab. Canieroons [Escdlera, Brit. Mus.j. 



Allied to P. jiavas, Sign., but with the posterior pronotal 

 process more siciuler and with its basal angle more j)ro- 

 nounced ; lateral pronotal processes also more slender and 

 their apices distinctly and regularly acute. 



Plotybeltis (/otrdctji, s[). n. 



Allied to the preceding species P. escaleranus, but with 

 the lateral })r«)notid processes considerably more slender and 

 a little more directed backwardly ; tegmina ochiaceous^ with 

 the basal and costal areas black ; base of posterior pronotal 

 process more obliquely raised. 



Long. 7 mm. ; exp. lat. pronot. process. 4 mm. 



Hab. Uganda ; jNIabiru Forest (C C. Gowdeij). 



Platijbelas africanus, sp. n. 



Head, i)ronotuni, body beneath, and legs black or blackish 

 brown ; disk of pronotuui with a slender waved greyish line 

 on each lateral area and a similarly coloured small linear 

 spot at each basal angle of the scutellum ; tegmina dark 

 ochraceous, base and a spot at posterior angle of inner 

 tegminal margin castaneous, a very obscure pale transverse 

 macular fascia beyond middle ; pronotuni thickly punctate, 

 the lateral processes as in the two preceding species, but 

 with their apices less regularly couvexly recurved ; the poste- 

 rior process is also more robust and its base more obliquely 

 raised . 



Long. 7 ; exp. lat. pronot. prc^cess, 4^ mm. 



Hab. Camerouns [Escalera^ Brit. Mus.). Uganda Prot., 

 Buamba Forest, Semliki Valley, and Budongo Forest, Unyoro 

 {S. A. Neave). 



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