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gineo-coimnixta sparse vestitis ; prothorace dense albido-pubes- 

 cente, lateraliter in medio obtuse angulato ; scutello fusco ; 

 elytris a basi ad partem tertiam posticam dense albido-cinereo- 

 pubescentibus, prope basin maculis parvis fcrrugineis ; corpore 

 subtus pedibusque cinerascentibus ; antennis griseis, articulis 

 l°-3 um et 11° fuscis. 

 Long. 8, lat. 2\ mm. 



Ilab. Samburu, Brit. E. Africa (C. 8. Betton). 



Head and a little more than the posterior third of the 

 elytra dark brown, with small scattered patches of grey and 

 rust-red pubescence. Prothorax and the anterior two thirds 

 of the elytra covered with a dense ashy-white pubescence ; 

 with the shoulders of the elytra slightly fuscous, and one or 

 two spots on each elytron near the base rusty red. First 

 three joints of the antenna? blackish brown, with some 

 scattered greyish hairs, the eleventh joint and the apex of the 

 tenth fuscous, rest of the antennas grey. 



Eunidia plagiata, sp. n. 



Corpore subtus pedibusque et capite pube grisea dense vestitis ; 

 prothorace elytrisque albo-cinereis, his fusco-plagiatis ; prothorace 

 lateraliter utrinque obtuse tuberculato ; tarsis supra infuscatis. 



Long. 12, lat. 3| mm. 



Hab. Samburu (G. S. Betton). 



Head, the underside of the body, and the legs covered with 

 a dense greyish pubescence ; prothorax and elytra with a 

 paler, almost white, pubescence. Elytra each with a fulvous- 

 grey patch at the base, a dark brown patch at the middle, 

 and three dark brown spots between the middle and the apex. 

 Prothorax with an obtuse tubercle placed high up on the 

 middle of each side, with a slight constriction in front of and 

 behind the base of the tubercle. 



Eunidia piperita, sp. n. 



Prothorace pone apicem et ante basin leviter constricto et sulcato, 

 lateraliter in medio obtuse tuberculato ; corpore subtus, pro- 

 thorace et elytris pube fulva maculis fuscis albisque interspersa 

 vestitis ; pedibus t'ulvo-griseis, femoribus tibiisque macula t'usca 

 ad medium notatis ; antennarum articulis l u -3 um griseis, ceteris 

 fuscis. 



Long. 8-11 mm. 



Ilab. Samburu, Brit. E. Africa (C. S. Betton). 

 Prothorax with a distinct rounded tubercle or swelling- 

 placed high up on the middle of each side, with a slight con- 



