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antennal tnbercles, a spot behind eye and three vittae on occiput black. Prothorax 

 also bnfF, with six black vittae, two on each side and two above, these much wider than 

 the lateral ones. Scntellum sinuate. Elytra proportionately longer than in other 

 African species ; two very distinct lateral carinae ; disc obviously impressed along 

 suture and carina ; punctures rather fine in apical half, larger nearer base, no regular 

 series on disc besides the row along the carina and another situated in basal fourth 

 between carina and suture, but nearer the former ; a sutural vitta and four others 

 (two above and two laterally between the upper carina and the lateral margin) grey, 

 the discal one thinnest, obsolete from basal third to apex, but dilated in middle of 

 elytrum to an elongate-ovate spot, which extends to the sutural vitta ; apex more 

 or less grey ; outer spine prominent, sutural one short. Underside claj'ish grey, 

 the pubescence rather denser laterally. 



Length, 13 mm. ; elytra, 11 mm. ; breadth, 4 mm. 



Hab. Kikuyu Escarpment, British East Africa (W. Doherty). 



Two ? ? . " 



119. Nitocris morio spec, no v. 



? . Black, shining ; head, apex of prouotum, prosternum except lateral posterior 

 part, anterior and median femora, ochraceous ; a sutural spot before apex of elytra, 

 a lateral spot at apex of second abdominal segment, and a larger one on fourth 

 segment golden-pubescent ; antennal segments 4 to 1 1 and scntellum grey ; first 

 abdominal segment and hindcoxa silky white laterally ; last abdominal segment 

 brownish. Large punctures of frons dispersed. Scape of antenna with cicatrix, 

 which is limited by an incomplete carina. Mesial, antebasal nodosity of pronotum 

 prominent. Scntellum elongate-triangular. Elytra long and very narrow ; a carina 

 from near shoulder to dilated apical part very prominent and quite smooth, glossy ; 

 apex excised, both angles strongly dentate. 



Length, 28 mm. * ; elytra, 20 mm. ; breadth, 5 mm. 



Hab. Sierra Leone, October 27th, 1895. 



One ?. 



120. Nitocris peplus spec. nov. 



? . Pale orange ; head as far down as lower margin of eyes, antenna, elytra, 

 a transverse, halfmoon-shaped, basal patch on third abdominal segment, and 

 tij) of mandible, black ; base of elytra for 1 to 2 mm. of the colour of the 

 pronotum, this reddish area sharply defined, produced backwards at suture and 

 here covered with a golden pubescence ; disc of elytra with a greyish brown tint. 



Frons with numerous large punctures ; depression between antennal tubercles 

 deep ; occiput almost imjmuctate, except near eyes. Prothorax very strongly 

 constricted behind apex, triuodose above, glossy, with a few jiunctures laterally on 

 disc. Scutellum sinuate, pubescent. Elytra similar in shape to those of pascoei, 

 but longer and rather more dilated behind, rounded together at apex, not sinuate, 

 not dentate. 



Length, 20 mm. ; elytra, 15 mm.; breadth, 5 mm. 



JJttb. Nyassaland. 



One ?. 



* I'Voiu front of bead to tip of ab'-lomen. 



