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prominent, as in Temnoscelis. Antenna not quite twice the iengtli of tlie body, 

 proximal segments ciliate beneath, scape slightl}' but distinctly constricted before 

 end, not reaching to middle of thorax ; segment 3 shorter than 4, all the segments 

 elongate, 11 longer than 10 and about one-third shorter than 4. Prothorax with 

 long lateral spine in middle ; apical groove obsolete above, snbapical one distinct ; 

 disc tiiberculate. Scntellnm impressed, sides elevate, apex slightly sinuate. 

 Elytra long, slightly convex above, truncate at base, with the shoulder subangnlate ; 

 apex truncate-sinuate, outer angle produced into a tooth. Pro- and mesosternal 

 processes as in Temnoscelis. Fifth abdominal sternite emargiuate. Legs long and 

 slender ; tarsi little dilated ; first segment linear, almost twice the length of the 

 second. Antecoxal part of prosternum equalling half the length of the sternum. 



Typns : /. picta spec. uov. 



Allied to Temnoscelis (1872) Lacord. 



104. Ischnia picta sjjec. nov. 



(J. Brownish black ; antenna and legs more or less rufous brown ; pubescence 

 grey beneath, more clayish buft' above. Pronotnm with two not very distinct 

 blackish vittae from base to discal tubercles, one at each side of middle line, the 

 vittae diverging frontally. Scutellum creamy buff. Elytra with a number of pale 

 creamy buff lines bordering brown patches: one curves in a semicircle from shoulder 

 to shoulder; another longitudinal, begins in middle of base, is slightly raised, curves 

 towards scutellum at base, and extends just beyond the semicircle; a third line, 

 longitudinal, begins at shoulder, being first confluent with the semicircle, runs 

 towards suture, reaching this at basal two-fifths, and extends along the sutural 

 impressed stripe to apical fifth, turning there towards the disc ; with this line are 

 connected two basal ones situated below the shoulder, the three including between 

 themselves an elongate lateral and a shorter subdorsal brown spot; the longitudinal 

 line sends out in middle a branch which joins a transverse line which is very strongly 

 zigzag ; two parallel, obliquely longitudinal lines before ajiex, the njiper reaching 

 suture l)ehind, the two continent anteriorly and then dividing into three indistinct 

 lines, of which the two lateral ones are almost completely fused together ; apical 

 and lateral edges of elytrnm also creamy. 



Frons coarsely punctured. Pronotnm with some granules behind lateral spine 

 and a very few punctures on disc ; a divided mesial tubercle before basal con- 

 striction, and a higher tubercle behind the snbapical groove on each side, situate 

 rather closer to the mesial line than to the lateral spine, the space between these 

 tubercles slightly imjffessed ; minute transverse striations behind the antemedian 

 tubercles. Elytra very slightly convex before apex, jmnctured, the ])unctures 

 partly in rows, rather coarse at base, minute behind, apex smooth ; sides abrupt, 

 snbcarinate from shoulder to middle, a regular line of punctures above this carina. 

 Underside smooth. 



Length, 18 mm. ; elytra, 13 mm.; breadth, 4i mm. 



J](th. Batanga, Cameroons. 



One <S. 



Abaraeus gen. nov. 



cJ. Near Temnoscelis and Baraem. Frons and tibiae simple. Third segment 

 of antenna half as long again as fourth. Pro- and mesosternum with small tubercle. 

 First segment of hindtarsus little widening apically. 



Typus : A. cunenlus spec. nov. 



