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than the hitter and rather hroader. Tlie anterior red hand 

 sends a hranch ahnost to tlie basal margin of the elytron, 

 and the posterior band is very wavy and oblique, not 

 arched, as in 31. piciventris, nor simply transverse, as in 

 M. repiwda. The third joint of the antenna is as long as 

 the two following. 



In addition to the stronglj^ curved tibiae, the male has a 

 patch of thick pubescence on each ventral segment, the 

 patches gradually increasing from the basal segment, where 

 the hairs are few, to the terminal one, which is almost 

 covered bv them. 



Megalodacne puhescens, sp. n. 



Nigra, elytrorum macula basali angulata, ad basin et marginem 

 externam producta, aliaque ante-apicali uudulata ad margines 

 baud attingenti,flavis ; valde elongata, angusta, supra sat crebre 

 et fortiter punctata, undique cequaliter minute pubescens, capite 

 et pronoto fortiter punetatis, hoc lateraliter densius, marginibus 

 antice arcuatis, postice fere rectis ; scutello late transverse ; 

 elytris confuse baud fortiter punetatis, sine lineis distinctis ; 

 pedibus simplicibus ; antennarum clava elongata, stipitis articulo 

 tertio quam quartum parum longiori. 



Long, 6*5 mm. ; lat. max. 2"5 mm. 



N.E. Rhodesia : Fort Jameson, 3800 ft. (S. A. Neave, 

 June). 



This little species is easily recognizable from its long 

 and narrow form and the close pubescence with which it is 

 entirely clothed. The two red elytral marks on each side 

 are far apart and not broad, the basal one a little waved 

 behind and having in front a straight branch which extends 

 to the basal margin, the posterior one toothed in front and 

 arched behind. 



The legs are simple in both sexes, but the male has 

 patches of longer hairs upon the ventral segments, increasing 

 in extent from the base to the extremity. 



Encavstes africana, sp. n. 



Kigra, parum uitida, elytrorum annulo humerali, ad laterem 

 paulo retrorsum producto, lunula obliqua post-mediana, a 

 sutura remota aliaque subapicali uncinata, pallide flavis ; 

 elongata, angusta, clypeo fortiter punctato, fronte fere levi ; 

 pronoto paulo latiori quam longiori, irregulariter disperse 

 punctato, lateribus bene marginatis, antice et postice fere 

 rectis, augulis anticis paulo productis, posticis fere rectangulis ; 



