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outer aspect), and sometimes the posterior tarsi also, 

 testaceous, the rest of the legs metallic or black, the abdo- 

 men almost entirely reddish or testaceous. Head broad, 

 closely punctulate, smoother at the base ; antennae long, 

 stout, pectinate from the fourth joint onward. Prothorax 

 transverse, subtrapezoidal as seen from above, at the base as 

 wide as the elytra, sparsely punctulate, smooth on the middle 

 of the disc. Elytra widened posteriorly, densely, rather 

 finely, rugulosely punctate, the puncturing a little coarser 

 in specimens from Kilimandjaro and Kenya. Anterior 

 femora incrassate, toothed at the middle ; anterior tibiae 

 simply excavate towards the apex within (thus appearing 

 strongly sinuate), without projecting lobe at the middle ; 

 anterior tarsal joints 1 and 2 thickened, 2 projecting over 3, 

 nigro-pectinate at tip ; intermediate tibiae simple. 



? . Antennae short, rather stout, serrate ; legs, and abdo- 

 men in part, metallic or black, the anterior femora without 

 tooth and sometimes testaceous. 



Length 4|-6, breadth 2-3^ mm. (<??.) 

 Hab. E. and W. Central Africa, Kilimandjaro and 

 Mem {Dr. Sjostedt : types of H. sjostedti : $ ? ), S. foot of 

 Mt. Elgon and S.E. slopes of Kenya, alt. 5100-7000 ft., 

 Koki Country, S.W. Buddu, Banks of Nile near Kakindu, 

 Bugoma Forest in Unyoro, Upper Kuja Valley in S. Kavi- 

 rondo, and E. Busoga in Uganda (S. A. Neave), Tero Forest 

 in Uganda (C. C. Gowdey) ; Belgian Congo (type of 

 H. simplicipes : $ ), Vivi, Leopoldville, Congo da Lemba, 

 Amadi, Itoka, and between Beni and Lesse (Mus. Congo 

 Beige), Congo {coll. Bourgeois) ; W. Africa, Ibadan in 

 S. Nigeria (A. W. J. Pomeroy), Ashanti District (A. E. 

 Evans) . 



The above description was drawn up from a short series 

 in the British Museum before the types (<?) of Bourgeois 

 and Pic had been forwarded to me by Dr. Sjostedt and 

 M. Schouteden for comparison : H. sjostedti has the elytra 

 a little more coarsely punctured than H. simplicipes, but no 

 other difference can be detected. There are about thirty 

 specimens of H. simplicipes, Pic (including the type), in the 

 Congo Museum, the sexes in about equal numbers. The 

 females are separable from those of various similarly 

 coloured Hapalochri by the basally widened prothorax. 



7 . Hapalochrus trapeziderus, sp. n. 



$ . Moderately elongate, shining, albo-pilose ; green or 

 brassy green, the antenna' and legs black or metallic, the 



