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54. Prosopocera fulva spec. nov. 



S ?. Similar to P. puiwtulata (1894) Jord., Nov. Zool. i. p. 198, bnt differs 

 consi)iciionsly in the following details : toinentum of body entirely tawny ; frons more 

 densely granulate ; antenna of c? very long, scape of both sexes very densely granulose^ 

 at least lialf as long again as in puncttilata, reaching somewhat beyond the anteniedian 

 sulcus of tlie pronotnm ; cicatrix very jirominent ; disc, of j)n)notnni more smonth ; 

 black dots of elytra more dispersed and larger, sutural angle rounded off in both 

 sexes ; metasternnm with two, each abdominal segment with one small black 

 lateral spot. 



Hab. Benito, French Congo. 



One pair. 



55. Prosopocera cretacea spec. nov. 



? Apparently closely allied to P. nivosus (1897) Fairm., Ann. Soc. Knt. Fr. 

 p. 152 {Galactesthcs), and like this entirely white, excepting a few black dots ; 

 skeleton of antenna and legs black ; scape of antenna shorter than third segment, 

 while it is longer than the second and third together in niroaus, according to Fairmaire 

 (error?); prothoracical tubercle, a few punctures behind it, granules on shoulder 

 and a small lateral dot behind shoulder, as well as a small lateral spot on each 

 abdominal segment, blo,ck. 



(Cicatrix very strong, almost closed ; the scape widening apicad, a])pearing 

 angnlate at end, the following segments thin. 



Length, 24 mm. ; elytra, 18 mm. ; breadth, 8 mm. 



ih(h. Fort Johnstone, Nyassaland (Dr. Percy Kendall). 



One ?. 



Since the division of the species of Prosopocera into two genera according to the 

 presence or absence of a frontal armature in the cJcJ is quite unnatural, I do not see 

 any reason for separating generically the present insect and nivosus from the sjiecies 

 of Prosojjocera. The carina of the cicatrix is certainly heavier in cretacea than in 

 the allies of myops, but several South African species have the carina nearly as 

 prominent. 



Prosopocera lameeri (1892) Duviv. 



This sjiecies has been described by Duvivier from a 6 as Anybosfe.iha lameeri. 



? . Frons, antenna, legs and underside of body huffish clay-colour, sides of 

 metastcrnal sternum and the whole upper surface of a beautiful whitish green. 

 Scajie of antenna reaching antemediau groove of prothorax, more than half the 

 length of the third segment and scarcely shorter than the fourth ; antemediau 

 groove of pronotum slightly bent backwards in the middle ; disc smooth, not 

 tuberculate, slightly raised mcsially before base, with a few punctures ou each side 

 in front of the basal constriction ; lateral spine small, black at tip. Scutellum 

 yellowish. 



Elytra as long as liroad at the shoulders, somewhat narrowing apicad, punctured 

 from base to near apex, the punctures becoming finer behind, largest at and near 

 the shoulders, where the anterior edges are raised to granules, densest laterally in 

 middle ; a trace of a brown posthumeral lateral spot and of an antemediau discai 

 one ; apex rounded ; extreme lateral and apical edges like underside. 



Ilab. Kumassi, Gold Coast (Newberry). 



