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l)asal spot, on el3'triim, antemedian spot of elytra and spot of metasteniniu larger. — 

 Perhaps only a variety of the preceding. 



Hnb. Bopoto, Upper Congo. 



C)ne (?, collected by Mr. Kenred Smith. 



Sternotomis amoena (1841) Westw. 



We have three c?c? and two ? ? from Benito, which differ from the first- 

 described form of amoena in the antemedian discal patch and the posthnmeral 

 lateral spot being confluent, and the linear spot situated in apical fonrth being also 

 more or less completely merged together with the long side-patch. 



08. Sternotomis leucospila spec. nov. 



S ?. Differs from St. amoemt in the following details : postbasal sntnral pair 

 of sjiuts of elytra and hnmeral spot comparatively larger ; the discal antemedian 

 spot small, ovate, little larger than the posthnmeral lateral spot ; the postmediau 

 linear spot sitnated near snture standing a little farther back ; no linear spot along 

 the long side-mark ; the latter beginning before middle, rectangularly widened 

 when on a level with the linear sutural spot, then gently concave. 



Ilab. Ogowe R. (L. Gazengel), f//pe, and Benito, French Congo. 



One pair. 



Mous. Rene Obertluir sent me the J of this insect marked "spec, nov." I 

 agree with him that it is neither amoena nor murra>/i. 



G9. Sternotomis polyspila grandis snbsp. nov. 



(?. Larger than y>/fi///.<iy'/A< from West Africa, the spots nearly all shaded with 

 tawny, the mesial vitta of the pronotnm narrow ; the dorsal hnmeral si)ot of the 

 elytra as well as the antemedian discal patch narrow, elongate, the lateral spots 

 smaller than in the West African form, and the apical patch more regularly 

 triangular, not extending so close to the outer margin. Pnbescence of under 

 surface buffisii, ochraceous orange spots of breast large, abdominal side-patches 

 shaded with ochraceous. 



Ilab. Ukami Mts., German E. Africa. 



One i , received from Messrs. Staudinger and Bang-Haas. 



70. Sternotomis rex spec. nov. 



S. Similar to St. picta (ISsO) Waterh. and St. coronata (1895) Jord.; shorter, 

 the antenna thinner, the prosternal ])rocess broader at end, deeply sinuate, the front 

 of the head and the lower lube of the eye longer, the scutellum long, triangular, 

 jKiinted. Colour of tomentum as in the two si)ecies mentioned, namely bright; 

 tawny-orange above, on frons and on sides of sterna, green on underside of antennal 

 scajie, behind eye, laterally at base of prothorax, on abdomen, except side-spots, 

 and on legs. Protliorax as in coronata, subai)ical sulcus not very distinct in middle 

 and here curved liackwards, some oblique wrinkles laterally on disc and a slightly 

 raised mesial carina ; two black discal lines converging frontally and uniting near 

 apical margin, extending jiosteriorly to subbasal sulcus and sending out laterad 

 a iiranch at subapical sulcus and another at subbasal one. Elytra with tiie 

 f'nllowing bright tawny-orange markings sejiarated by narrow black interspaces : 



