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creamy white. Elytra with the following markings : extreme base and sides 

 below shonlder, thinly grey ; a sutural elongate-ovate spot from scutelhim to 

 basal fourth, connected posteriorly with a discal line, which is directed obliquely 

 forward from near sntnre, where it is broadest, to near declivous side, an elongate 

 longitudinal sublateral spot outside the obliijue line, and a line from suture before 

 middle to apical third of outer margin, widened on disc and an gulate, pale buff ; 

 apical fourth of elytra greyish olive-buflf, the area convex in front. 



Lateral carinae of front of head high, mesial one disappearing between 

 antennae. Prothorax longer than broad, wider at apex than at base, densely 

 granulosp. 



Length, 8 mm. 



Hah. Johann Albrechts Hohe, North C'araeroons (L. Conradt). 



One S. 



D. Clytanthus (1804) Thorns, (type : tricolor). 

 Antennal tubercles elevate, separating frons from occiput. The African species 

 are not typical Clytanthus. 



Cljrtanthus capensis (1841) Lap. & Gory. 

 Li the Tring Museum from Natal and (Jape (Jolony. The Xi/lothrecus coffer 

 (1872) Fahrs. is apparently a similar insect. 



Clytanthus deterrens (1802) Pascoe. 

 lu the British Museum {ti/pc). 



30. Clytanthus basispilus spec. uov. 



? . Black, clothed with a grey pubescence ; pronotum rufous red, except basal 

 and apical edges ; distal segments of antenna and claw-segments brown. Scutellum, 

 episfcrna of mcso-metasternum, a large transverse apical lateral patch on first and 

 second abdominal segments, and the following markings of the elytra creamy white : 

 a short line near suture behind scutellum, a longer one near shoulder, oblique, a 

 triangular spot behind shoulder, and an obliquely transverse ovate-triangular spot 

 in middle of disc behind these basal markings ; a larger, transverse, elongate-ovate 

 spot behind middle, widest above, neither reaching suture nor outer margin, and an 

 apical s[iot extending from suture to outer margin. 



Antenna nearly filiform. Prothorax longer than broad, regularly rounded 

 at sides, widest just behind middle, densely granulated above. Scutellum half as 

 broad again as long, strongly rounded. Legs finely shagreened, no carinae on 

 femora. 



Length, 11 mm. 



Hah. Mpuapua, German East Africa. 



One ?. 



Differs from deterrens (1862) Pasc. especially in the presence of basal markings 

 on the elytra. 



31. Clytanthus ancora spec. nov. 

 ? . Black, covered with a grey iiubescence, giving the insect a slaty grey 

 ajjpearance. Segments 5 to 11 of antenna brown or black. A transverse middle 

 band on prothorax mesially and laterally constricted, an elongate-triangular 



