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Paroeme semifemorata (1856) CUievr. 



The elytra of this species terminate in a spine. The insect stands nnder 

 Anisogaster in the Munich Catalogue (p. 2836), and is the same as P. bispina 

 (1886) Auriv. 



5. Paroeme inermis spec. nov. 



?. Very close to si'iiii/'cmoirifa a,nd amiid/pes ; scape of antenna rather shorter 

 than in either ; prothorax evenly convex above, somewhat flattened, with jnst a 

 trace of the callosities of the other species, sides rounded, not tnbercled ; pronotum 

 and elytra densely and finely grannlose as in semifemorata ; elytra rounded 

 together at apex, not dentate at snture, with dispersed short hairs in apical half. 



Length, 14 — 18 mm. 



Hab. Warri, Niger, September 1897 (Dr. Roth). 



Several specimens. 



6. Paroeme similis spec. nov. 



$. Similar to inermis. Head witliout sharply marked mesial sulcus between 

 antennae ; scape of antenna longer, segments 3 and 4 less incrassate at tip, 

 prothorax also longer, less dilated in middle ; elytra shorter and more rounded 

 at shoulders, without erect hairs. Apical half of femora brown. 



Length, 13 mm. 



Hab. Lindi, German East Africa, December 1896 (Reimer). 



One S. 



Leptoeme gen. nov. 



Similar to AUogaster and Paroeme in appearance, differing from both in the 

 pro- and mesosternal processes being very short, the prosternal one not protruding 

 in between the coxae ; nearest to Hi/poeschrus. Eye as in Paroeme. Antenna 

 similar to those of AUogaster and Hi/poeschrus ; segment 3 half as long again 

 as, or one-third longer than, 4. Prothorax somewhat uneven above, not tuberculate 

 at sides, base slightly bisiuuate. Scutellum rounded. Elytra as in Allogaster. 

 Femora not clubbed, ]iosterior one reaching to base of fourth abdominal segment. 

 Abdomen of p not villose. 



Tyj)e : L. xaniha spec. nov. 



7. Leptoeme xantha spec. nov. 



S . Pale ochraceous, pubescent ; tip of mandible, antenna (except basal two- 

 thirds of scape), tibiae and apices of femora black or brown ; tarsi brown. 



Head ]iunctured, with mesial sulcus between antenna. Prothorax almost 

 cylindrical, a little wider at apex than at base, densely grannlose ; mesial line 

 somewhat raised before base. . Elytra parallel, depressed, very densely punctured, 

 snbgranuliise at base, with two feeble raised lines on disc ; apex rounded together, 

 sutural angle again rounded off, and segment 4 of antenna shorter than 5. 



Length, 12 — 15 mm. ; elytra, 8—11 mm. ; breadth, 2|—3i mm. 



Hah. Benito, French Congo. 



One c?, two ? ?. 



