261 On new Coleo-ptera from East Africa. 



black punctures ; the lateral tubercle prominent, acutely 

 conical ; the disk with fine, small, obtuse tubercles, the central 

 one scarcely noticeable. There is a transverse quadrate 

 black spot on the front margin, two black spots at the base, 

 and the sides are black. Scutellum white, blackish at the 

 sides. Elytra much broader than the thorax at the base, a 

 little narrowed posteriorly ; white, with a pale grey triangular 

 patch at the base, a rather large black triangular spot at the 

 middle of the side, a transverse black spot a short distance 

 from the apex across the suture, and a small black spot on the 

 margin ; there are also some very small black dots on the 

 suture and margin. The grey basal patch is bordered by six 

 small tubercles, three on each elytron. The black lateral 

 spot is marked out by about six small tubercles, and there are 

 about six other small tubercles in the apical area. The legs 

 are black and white in about equal proportions. Body be- 

 neath black, with a little grey pubescence. 

 Length 6 lines. 



Stathmodera grandis, sp. n. 



Pale brownish testaceous, ornamented with dark brown. 

 Head with the front pale, yellower on the clypeus ; vertex 

 dark brown. Antennas light brown. Thorax dark brown 

 above, broadest at the middle, slightly narrowed in front, 

 gently sinuate at the sides behind the middle ; on the disk in 

 front are two obscure, light brown, approximate stripes and a 

 central one at the base ; there are eight or ten rather sharply 

 cut longitudinal grooves, extending from the base to nearly 

 the middle of the disk (these are best seen when the insect is 

 locked at sideways). Elytra at the base considerably broader 

 than the thorax, gradually narrowed to near the apex, and 

 then more rapidly narrowed, the outer apical angle of each 

 elytron produced into a strong acute spine. The sutural area 

 and posterior half of the elytra are brown, leaving the basal 

 outer half of each pale testaceous, the part nearest the scutel- 

 lum very dark ; the posterior part is paler and shades off to 

 brownish testaceous at the sides ; each elytron has on the 

 disk behind the middle two almost black vittas and near the 

 apex three nearly white spots, which, with the three on the 

 other elytron, form a crescent ; at the sides there is a very 

 tine bvown costa extending from the humeral callus to beyond 

 the middle; there is a pale spot just above the apical spine. 

 The legs are reddish brown, with a black velvety spot at the 

 apex of the tibiae. The characteristic spines on the tarsal 

 joints are long, very acute, black. 



Length 4£ lines. 



