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looked amongst the more common species which it so closely 

 resembles. No specimens of an intermediate character were 

 taken. 



Two cases were noticed of a hermannioides <J in cop. with 

 a var. lambomi $ (figs. 10, 11). In one case both members of 

 a pair were hermannioides (fig. 9), but no case was noted in 

 which the variety was found paired. 



Mylabris farquharsoni, sp. no v., is rather a short broad 

 species, with the elytra considerably broader behind than in 

 front (see Plate B, figs. A-O). It is black with a faint greenish 

 metallic lustre, covered with a silky pubescence. The antennae 

 are red with the first three joints black, and the next two 

 piceous. The intrahumeral fulvous stripes in typical specimens 

 are rather broad, about one quarter the length of the elytron, 

 and somewhat oblique, with a tendency to become confluent 

 behind; the extrahumeral is frequently confluent marginally 

 with the first transverse band, both transverse fulvous bands 

 are rather broad in their dorsal part with a tendency to be- 

 come interrupted on the suture and again towards the margin ; 

 the intervening black band and the apical black area both 

 reach the margin, the apical black area encloses a transversely 

 oval fulvous spot immediately before the apex. 



The series of 127 specimens shows a great range of varia- 

 tion. The general tendency is for the black markings on the 

 anterior part of the elytra to become reduced until a form is 

 reached analogous to hermannioides, var. lambomi, mi., or 

 affinis, var. caltemauti, Mars., in which they have practically 

 disappeared. This form may be called var. ibadanensis, ncv. 

 (see Plate B, fig. A, the right-hand specimen). Unlike the 

 two cases above mentioned, a wide range of intervening stages 

 is found. Most commonly the black partition between the 

 two basal patches has disappeared, leaving a transverse black 

 band in front of the median yellow which gradually fades 

 away towards the margin. Occasionally the posterior or 

 transverse portion of this basal black area disappears, so 

 that we have left the var. ibadanensis with a black humeral 

 stripe. 



This species bears a certain superficial resemblance to 

 M. holosericea, Klug., described from Senegal. It differs in 



