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with the clypeus closely and coarsely punctured, the fore- 

 head finely and sparsely, the eyes rather large and coarsely 

 facetted, the pronotum finely punctured, coarsely near the 

 base, -without basal foveae, the sides feebly curved, slightly 

 convergent, the front angles slightly produced, the hind 

 angles nearly right-angles, and the elytra rather feebly 

 seriate-punctate. The legs are rather slender, all the tibiifi 

 sharply spinose externally near the end. The club of the 

 antenna is small, compact, and finely pubescent. 



Petaloscelis fulvus, sp. n. 



Omnino fulvus, nitidus, baud longe ovatus, sat convexus, capite et 

 pronoto subtiliter puuctatis, prouoto lateraliter modice crebre, 

 lateribus parum arcuatis, angulis fere rectis, basi leviter lobato, 

 scutello brevi, elytris distiucte sed subtiliter punctato-striatis, 

 iutervallis subtilius puuctulatis; pedibus brevibus, tibiarum 

 extremitutibus latissioiis ; anteunarum articulis tribus ultimis 

 valde dilatatis, conjuuctiru vix lougioribus quam latioribus. 



Long. 4 mm. ; lat. max. 2*25 mm. 



S. Rhodesia : Salisbury (G. A. K. Marshall, Dec. 1897). 



This is shorter, more ovate and convex than P. hamorrhous, 

 but a little more elongate than P. nigrinus, and is entirely 

 tawny yellow in. colour, with the legs and antenuse very short 

 and stout and the upper surface finely and moderately closely 

 punctured, but rather shining. 



Petaloscelis hilaris, sp. n. 



Omnino Isete rufus, autennis (articulis tribus basalibus exceptis) 

 nigris ; ovatus, couvexus, capite et pronoto ubique fortiter 

 et crebre puuctatis, oculis parvis, subtiliter granulatis, pro- 

 noto baud couvexo, lateribus vix arcuatis, antrorsum fortiter 

 convergentibus, angulis posticis acutis ; elytris leviter striato- 

 punctatis, iutervallis subtiliter punctulatis ; tibiis leviter 

 dilatantibus ; anteuuis sat crassis, articulis tribus ultimis late 

 dilatatis. 



Long. 7-8 mm. ; lat. max. 4-4'5 mm. 



Gold Coast : Tamsoo, near Tarkwa (G. A. Higlett) ; 

 S.E. Cameroon ; Uganda : Chagwe, Mabira Forest, 3500- 

 3800 ft. {S. A. Neave, July). 



The above localities represent a very extensive area of 

 distribution, but the insect is a very well-marked and un- 

 mistakable one. It was, without reason, identified by 

 Mr. Gorham as Zythonia fiilva of "Westwood, and is nearly 

 allied to Petaloscelis (" Zythonia ") anthracinus^ Gorh. Its 



