African Species o/Erotylidae. 151 



levitor striato-punctatis, iutervallis parum minute sat crebre 

 punctatis; pedibus modice validis, tibiis apice parum dilatatis; 

 antennarum articulo tertio ad tria sequentia longitudiue sequali, 

 tribus ultimis transversis. 

 Long, 5 mm, ; lat. max. 3 mm. 



Uganda : Unvoro, Budongo Forest, 3400 ft. {S. A. Neave, 

 Dec). 



A single specimen. 



The coloration of this species is also highly distinctive. It 

 is deep red, with about one-sixth of the elytra from the base 

 (not including the scutellum, which is red) and about one- 

 fourth from the posterior end blacky and the last four or five 

 joints of the antennae of the same colour. It is smooth and. 

 shining, rather elongate and not very convex, with the upper 

 surface closely and distinctly jiunctured, but the elytral 

 striae feeble. 



Tritoma tibialis, sp, n. 



Nigra, nitida, antennis tibiis tarsisque flavis, elytroruniquo macula 

 magna basali ab humero ad scutellum pertinenti rufa ; baud 

 longe ovalis, parum convexa, capite crebre et subtiliter ])ijnctato, 

 oculis parvis, minute granulatis ; pronoto lato, similiter sed 

 minus crebre punctate, lateribus anguste marginatis, antice 

 valde arcuatis, postice rectis, angulis omnibus obtusis ; scutello 

 Isevi, aiigulato ; elytris fortiter puiictato-striatis, interstitiis 

 Bubtilissime punctulatis ; tibiarum extremitatibus fortiter di- 

 latatis, antennarum clava late ovali, parum compacta. 



Long. 3-4 mm. ; lat. max, 2-2*5 mm. 



Nyasaland : Mlanje [S. A. Neuve, Jan.). 



This appears to resemble T. liberiana, Gorh, It is more 

 elongate and less convex than T. bipustulata, tlie red elytral 

 spot is large, extending tlie whole width of the basal margin, 

 evenly rounded and generally more than one-third as long as 

 the elytra, and finally the antennae, tibiae, and tarsi are wholly 

 pale. The tibiai are very strongly dilated at the end. 



Tritoma fiaviventris, sp, n. 



Nigra, nitida, corpore subtus, antennis, pedibus elytrorumque 

 macula magna basali communi scutellum amplectenti, ad 

 hunieros baud attingenti, fulvis ; baud longe ovalis, parum 

 convexa, capite et pronoto sat fortiter et crebre punctatis, 

 oculis prominentibus, modice granulatis ; pronoto lato, lateribus 

 marginatis, autice valde arcuatis, postice fere rectis, elytris 

 fortiter punctato-striatis, intervallis subtiliter punctulatis ; tibiis 



