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is truncate. Spurs of tibia? rather short ; first joint of middle 

 and posterior tarsi about equal in length to second and third 

 joints united. Anterior coxal cavities closed in behind by 

 the junction of the epimera with the prosternal process. 



This genus seems best placed near Otteissa, Pasc, from 

 which it differs chiefly in having a much shorter front to the 

 head, a distinct conical tubercle on each side of the prothorax, 

 the anterior coxal cavities closed in behind, and the fourth 

 joint of the antenna? shorter than the third. 



Apiocephalus jninctipeimis, sp. n. 



Capite supra rufo-testaceo, fulvo-pubescente, subtus nigro, rugoso- 

 punctato ; antennis rufo-testaceis, subtiliter griseo-pubescentibus ; 

 prothorace lateraliter nigro, sparsim fulvo-pubescente ; disco inter 

 tuberculos pube fulvo-cinerea dense vestito ; elytris cervino- 

 pubescentibus, maculis nigris. glabris, fortiter crebreque punc- 

 tatis notatis, maculis utrinque ante medium dense aggregatis ; 

 corpore subtus pedibusque bic illnc infuscatis, pube griseo-fulva 

 tenuiter vestitis. 



Long. 11, lat. 3-y mm. 



Hob. Brit. E. Africa (C. S. Betton). 



Head rugosely punctured and black underneath, reddish 

 testaceous above, with a black spot in front, and having a 

 scattered fulvous pubescence. Prothorax with a cinereous 

 pubescence covering middle of disk ; the sides black, with a 

 scattered tawny pubescence. Elytra with a fawn-coloured 

 pubescence, interrupted by glabrous black spots, which are 

 seen to be strongly and very closely punctured ; these spots 

 are closely crowded on each side in front of the middle, where 

 they form an almost complete black patch. Body under- 

 neath and legs partly testaceous, partly dark brown in colour, 

 the whole thinly clothed with tawny pubescence. 



Compsomera Ansorgei, sp. n. 



Nigra ; elytrorum dimidio posteriore et vittis duabus utrinque antiee 



viridi-metallicis. 

 Long. 26, lat. 7 mm. 



Hah. Uganda (Dr. W. J. Ansorge). 



This species is very closely allied to C. nigricollis } Gah., 

 which it resembles exactly in the markings of the elytra, with 

 the exception that the metallic-blue colour in the type of 

 C. nigricollis is here replaced by metallic green. It differs 

 chiefly from C. nigricollis in having the head, legs, and 

 antennae quite black in colour. 



