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vitta. Shonlder-angle more slanting backwards than in the allied species ; apical 

 third of elytra black, this colonr extending thinly along the suture. Pronotuui with 

 three pubescent orange vittae which are continned on the elytra, which have, 

 besides, a lateral vitta. These vittae do not strongly contrast with the testaceous 

 ground-colour. 



Underside black, with black pubescence ; prosternum with pale yellow lateral 

 vitta ; no markings on meso-metasteruum and abdomen ; middle of pro- and 

 mesosterunm testaceous ; anterior femur except apex, and about basal two-thirds 

 of middle femur also testaceous. Prosternum obliquely truncate in front. 



Length, IG mm. ; elytra, 12 mm. ; breadth, mm. 



Hab. Ashanti, March 1896 (Major Donovan). 



One ¥ . Another ? , with rather more black on the antenna, elytra and femora, 

 from Benito, French Congo. 



85. Hapheniastus discodes spec. nov. 



(??. Scape of antenna quite smooth, without trace of cicatrice or grannies ; 

 process of prosternum arched, not so high as coxa, of mesostenuim convex, but 

 declivous in front, not distinctly tubercnlate. 



Black ; proximal segments of antenna and the femora (apices of these excepted) 

 testaceous. Antenna very long in both sexes. Upperside and sides of breast 

 covered by a pale Naples-yellow pnbescence. Prothorax with three round black 

 spots, one on each side behind middle, and one in middle of disc ; antemedian 

 transverse groove distinct, nearer middle than in the other species of this genus. 

 Scutellnm subtrnncate. Elytra elongate, parallel at sides except in apical fifth ; 

 pale Naples-yellow, a large area common to both extending from base to apical 

 fourth, with nearly jiarallel sides, slightly narrowing froutad, rounded behind, 

 testaceous brown, with a brownish pubescence ; an ill-defined lateral stripe from 

 shoulder backwards black or brown ; apex of elytra black. Pubescence of abdomen 

 greyish white. 



Length, Oi — 8 mm. 



Ilab. Benito, French Congo. 



One pair. 



This pretty species agrees structurally very well with Hapheniastus, but has 

 quite a diff'erent " habitus." 



86. Phryneta crassa spec. nov. 



?. Similar to macidaris (1879) Harold, larger, more robust, being of the shape 

 of spinator. The two mesial tubercles of the pronotum higher than in macularis, 

 the posteri(jr, submesial, oblique ridge angle-shaped, sending out a short but 

 prominent spur from its hinder part forward along the sulcate mesial ridge ; the 

 anterior portion of tlie large anterior lateral discal prominence more distinctly 

 separated from the larger hinder portion of this prominence and less elevate than 

 in macularis. Elytra much more strongly grooved at base, the grooves standing 

 also closer together, there being near base five rows of large punctures between 

 suture and basal discal ridge of tubercles, while there are only three or fonr in 

 mac/ildris \ the black postmedian patch is 3 mm. distant from the suture and 

 somewhat narrowed laterally ; there is a black discal dot before middle and two 

 anteapical ones, which are absent from macularis. A black jiatch at apex of 

 episterruun of metathorax and laterally on first abdominal segment. 



