B84 Notes on Ruteline Cohoptera. 



distinctly lobed before the scutellura. The puncturation of 

 the pronotum is fine and scattered, that of the scutellurn 

 stronger and closer, while the elytra are rather strongly and 

 closelv punctured in the sutural region and more finely and 

 sparingly elsewhere. The legs are short and not very stout, 

 and the presternum is not at all elevated behind the front 

 coxse. 



The male is relatively broader than the female, with the 

 upper surface opaque, except upon the scutellurn and the 

 sutural region of the elytra. The mandibles are produced, 

 curved upwards, and toothed at the outer edge, as' in 

 Fruhstorferia yunnana, Ohaus, and the clypeus is long, 

 narrow, convex, and truncate. The pronotum is highly con- 

 vex and strongly dilated in the middle. 



The female is more oval in shape and feebly shining 

 above, with the clypeus tapering, bilobed, and recurved at 

 the end, the pronotum less broad and convex, the elytra a 

 little longer, and their outer margins slightly dilated and . 

 thickened before the middle. 



For the sake of comparison I have photographed males of 

 Fruhstorferia birmanica (PI. VIII. fig. 7) and F. yunnana 

 (PI. VIII. fig. 10) side by side with the new species. 



Nannopopillia varicolor, sp. n. 



Nigro-senea, elytris flavis, margine toto anguste vittaque mediana 

 ab callo humerali fere ad apicern pertinenti, medio intus dilatata, 

 nigris, pedibus nigris vel flavis, vel vitta medio interrupta, vel 

 vitta castanea, vel elytris toto nigris ; ovata, eonvexa, sat longe 

 et dense albido-vestita, clypeo, elytris, lineaque mediana ventral i 

 angusta nudis, clypeo angustato, valde recurvato, transversim 

 ruguloso, antice arcuato, fronte rugose punctato, longitudinaliter 

 excavato ; pronoto grosse et crebre punctato, postice linea angus- 

 tissima mediana lsevi, angulis anticis acutis, posticis valde 

 obtusis ; scutello parce punctato ; elytris fortiter punctato- 

 sulcatis, intervallis convexis, secundo fere ad extremitatem 

 irregulariter punctato ; pygidio rugoso, processu mesosternali 

 valido, fortiter compresso, obtuso ; pedum anticorum ungue 

 majori fisso, aliis integris. 

 Long. 9-11 mm.; lat. max. 5-6 mm. 



Brit. E. Africa : S. Kavirondo (4500 ft.), Kisii District, 

 N. Kavirondo, Mt. Elgon, etc. 



Uganda : Mbale-Kumi Road, South of L. Salisbury 

 (3700 ft.). 



Dr. S. A. Neave found this insect in very great abundance, 



