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SOME NEW AFRICAN ANTJIBIBIDAE. 



By K. JORDAN, Pn.D. 



1. Phloeotragus longicollis sp. nov. 



cJ. lu structure closely allied to /'. (ii</as^ but iu colour similar to lieros. 

 Second segmeut of auteuna aud the tarsi as short as in giyas ; end-segment of 

 antenna stroniily tapering' from basal fourth, acute. Prothorax much narrower than 

 in (figris, longer, with the sides more strongly granulose. Elytra narrower and 

 longer, with stronger punctate stripes. Metasternnm brown in middle. Abdomen 

 with two rows of spots in middle and a row of triangular spots on the sides. 



?. Differs like S, but the prothorax is not so long. Grooves of rostrum 

 deeper than in giga^., especially the dorso-lateral one ; segment 8 of antenna shorter, 

 barely longer than broad. 



Hab. Barildwa, German East Africa, iv. — vi. '9'J (Reimer). 



Three pairs. 



2. Decataphanes posticatus sp. nov. 



c? ? . Essentially different from the other species of Decataphanes in the 

 antennae. These have in both sexes ten segments, of which the last two are about 

 ei|ual in length and form an obvious club ; they are little prolonged in the c?, not 

 reaching the middle of the elytrum. The eyes are more obliipe than in the other 

 species, and therefore the frons narrows anteriorly. 



Black, with a yellowish grey tomentnm, which is deepest in tint on head and 

 pronotum. A double spot on the occiput, an interrupted side-band on the pronotum, 

 three spots on the disc of the latter, of which the anterior one is mesial and is the 

 largest, and two basal dots black ; an interrupted pale mesial line rather obvious. 

 Elytra : humeral angle, a large spot close to the scutellum, numerous dots in the 

 basal half, larger si)ots iu middle merged together to a band, and other dots before 

 the apex, black ; a broad grey band situated just in front of the apical declivity 

 without black dots. 



Underside not spotted. Femora with a black spot behind middle ; a spot at 

 the base of the tibiae, apex of the hitter and of the second and last tarsal segments, 

 and the whole third segment, black. 



Pronotum flattened in front aud behind, punctured, almost reticulate, widest in 

 middle, longer than in the other species. Elytra slenderer than iu pictus. Abdomen 

 flattened in middle, slightly impressed in 3 ; last segment of ? longer than iu 

 jiirtiDi, JuligiiKisus, etc. 



Length (head excl.) : lU — 13 mm. 



Jlah. Benito, French (Jongo. 



3 66, \ ?. 



:5. Mecocerus clathratus sii. nov. 



<? ? . Iu sf ruclure similar to iiiornatm (1895), Jordan, Stctt. KnI. /eit. iv. p. 37 (i ; 

 the middle groove of the rostrum distinct beyond the eyes, very deiq) and widened 

 anteriorly on frons. Upper- and underside black, densely covered with a pale 



