C'uUcid Genus EretmapoditeSj Theobald. 71 



E. qninquevittatus, but as tlie specimens in tlie British 

 Museum are all rubbed, I refrain from sinking the name 

 as a synonym. The only difference that is apparent 

 from the description is the absence of the median black 

 line on the thorax ; the original specimens may have 

 been in bad condition. 



3. E, inornatus, Newstead. — Prothoracic lobes with tlat 



silvery scales. Mesotliorax mainly dark-scaled, with an 

 anterior submedian pair ; a lateral pair and a median 

 posterior golden line. Colour of chitin dark brown. 

 Male with simple hind tarsi ; the penultimate segment 

 of abdomen witii lateral silvery spots ; claspers of geni- 

 talia with dark scales. 



4. E. grahami, sp. n., J . — Prothoracic lobes with flat silvery 



scales. Mesothorax mainly dark-scaled, with scattered 

 yellow scales, but v/ithout distinct markings, chitin dark 

 brown. Hind tarsi simple. Penultimate segment of 

 abdomen with lateral silvery spots; claspers of genitalia 

 with light scales. — Described from a male from Obuasi, 

 Ashanti, 8. viii. 1907 [Dr. W. M. Graham) : type, and 

 one other specimen from same locality, taken 13. xi. 1907, 

 in British Museum (Natural History). 



Since no females are yet available for examination, it 

 is impossible to give characters applicable to both sexes; 

 the study of further material may, indeed, prove that 

 E. grahami is only a form of the following species. 

 Dr. Graham has examined these two specimens, and 

 agrees that they are apparently distinct from any 

 previously described species. 



5. E. chrysogaster, Graham, — Prothoracic lobes with flat 



silvery scales. Thorax without distinct markings, chitin 

 variable in colour, from rather light brown to almost 

 black. Hind tarsi of male feathered, but the amount of 

 scaling varies somewhat. Penultimate segment of 

 abdomen usually with a continuous silvery band across 

 the dorsum ; claspers of genitalia with light scales. 



As in all otlier species belonging to the present genus, 

 there is a variable number of" yellow upright scales on 

 the head mixed with the black ones ; this character 

 cannot therefore be used, as it was by Newstead, for the 

 separation of E. inornatus and E. chrysogaster. 



6. E. Itucopous, Graham.' — Prothoracic lobes with narrow- 



curved yellow scales. Thorax with rather obscure dark 



