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puuctnration denser than iu hipunctala, especially near sutnre, apex without distinct 

 punctures, shoulder without granules ; a lateral and a discal black spot as in 

 hipiinctata, besides a basal elongate spot which is situated in the depression near the 

 shoulder. Underside uniibrnily pubescent as iu pallida ; process of mesosteruum 

 as in bipunctata. 



Length, 14 mm. ; elytra, 10 mm. ; breadth, 4i mm. 



H'th. Benito, French Congo. 



One 3. 



The (? of bipunctata possesses a short, divided frontal horn. The fourth and 

 fifth anteunal segments appear slightly incrassate, especially in a lateral view, 

 reminding me of P rosopocera J'rej/i , in which the incrassation takes place, however, 

 in the third and fourth segments. In bipunctata there is an incons])icuous naked 

 dorsal line on the fourtb segment running from near the base to near the apex, 

 turning laterad apically ; a similar but shorter line appears on the fifth segment. 



•jS. Alphitopola clara spec, no v. 



S. Similar to .4. /fi!(.-<t'«, but much larger. Tomentum of head and underside 

 clayish, of pronotnm and elytra yellowish white ; chitin of breast slightly blackish. 

 Eye smaller than iu lactea. Prothorax with small but distinct lateral tubercle ; 

 antebasal groove somewhat angulate in middle ; a few granules on disc, and some 

 punctures lateral before basal constriction. Elytra with dispersed conspicuous 

 black granules at base, and with large black naked punctures, which are very 

 sparse near suture and outer margin and rather denser on disc, besides numerous 

 inconspicuous fine punctures, covered by the tomentum. Mesosteruum with small 

 fuberclo. 



Length, 18 mm. ; elytra, 13 mm. ; breadth, mm. 



Hab. Limbe, Cameroons. 



One S. 



Alphitopola sulplturea (1807) Auriv., Ent. Tichkr. p. 248. t. 3. f. 3 (Gabun) is 

 the same as A._/iava (1894) Jord., Nov. Zool. i. p. 201 (Kuilu). 



59. Alphitopola pylodes spec. nov. 



S . Deep brown, antenna and legs alino.'^t black ; densely covered with a 

 yellowish clay pubescence, except antenna and legs, of which the pube.sceuce is grey 

 and not dense ; no markings. Cheek strongly narrowing frontad ; frons as broad 

 as ill the ? of .1. bipunctata. Antenna little longer than the body ; cicatrix almost 

 closed ; scape nearly as long as the third segment, this about a quarter longer than 

 fourth. Prothorax not much broader than long, anterior groove shallow above, 

 lateral tubercle barely vestigial. Scutellum longer than broad, ronnded. Elytra as 

 in bipunctata, but ajie.K of each rounded ; punctures coarse. Prosternal process very 

 narrow in middle ; mesostenial process as in pallida. 



Li'iigth, 15 mm, ; elytra, 11 mm. ; breadth, 5 mm. 



Hub. Warri, Niger (Dr. Felix Koth). 



One i. 



1 do not know where Alphitopola begins and Pro^opocera ends : the two 

 supposed genera seem to me to iiitergra le completely. It would perhaps be wisest 

 for the present to keep the small species, in which the diameter of the lower lobe 

 of the eye does not exceed the height of the cheek, separate under a new generic 

 term, and unite all the others under Prosopoccra. 



