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prothorax, a spot at basal edge, another above forecoxa produced upwards behind, a 

 spot each at apex of meso- and metasternal episterna, a lateral spot at apex of meta- 

 thorax, three lateral apical transverse spots on three proximal segments of abdomen, 

 edges of scutellum, and the spots of the elytra, sulphur-yellow ; a thin sutural 

 stripe widening at apex, a longitudinal line beginning at suture behind base and 

 turning gradually towards disc, about as long as the elytrum is broad at apical third, 

 a spot a little farther back near lateral margin, a very short line behind middle 

 projecting from sutural line, halfway between tip of this projection and outer 

 margin another spot. Antenna, edges of elytra, bases of femora and the tibiae and 

 tarsi rufous. 



Head with distinct carina between antennae, disappearing before reaching 

 clypeus. Prothorax a little longer than mesially broad, granulose. Elytra 

 more elongate than in saltator and subcruciatus, which are about the same size. 

 Legs coarsely sculptured ; hindfemur reaching end of elytra. 



Length, 13 mm. 



Hab. Usambara, German East Africa. 



One ¥. 



Calanthemis conradti (1893) Kolbe. 

 We have one specimen from Tanga. 



B. Gen. nov. ? 

 Frons not separated from occiput, with distinct mesial carina and feeble lateral 

 one ; the lateral carina not a prolongation of the raised edge of the antennal groove; 

 hindfemur short. Here belong Clytus semirufa (1882) Qued., reichenowi (1883) 

 Qued., and probably also tliomsoni (1880) Harold. 



(J. Xylotrechus (1860) Chevr. (type : sartorii). 



The African species are not typical Xi/lotrechus. 



Front of head and occiput not separated, with three high carinae, the mesial 

 one sometimes double (oculicolUs), the lateral one continuous with the raised edge 

 of the antennal groove. Here belong : 



Xylotrechus socius (1894) Jord. 

 From the Kuilu River and the Cameroons in the Tring Museum. 



Xylotrechus angulifer (1894) Jord. 

 In the Tring Museum from the Kuilu River and Benito. 



Xylotrechus gahani (1891) Duviv. 

 From the Kuilu River in the Tring Museum. 



Xylotrechus oculicoUis (1887) Fairm. 

 From Lindi and ]\I]iniipua in the Tring Museum. 



29. Xylotrechus fragilis spec. nov. 



i ■ Black ; pubescent grey beneath, the pubescence denser at apices of episterna 

 and abdominal segments ; pubescence of pronotum greenish grey, a dot at side 

 and an elongate mesial ring from base to beyond middle black. Scutellum 



