384 Notes on Ruieline Cohoptera. 



distinctly lobed before the scutellum. The puncturation of 

 the pronotura is fine and scattered, that of the scutellum. 

 stronger and closer, while the elytra are rather strongly and 

 closely punctured in the sutural region and more finely and 

 sparingly elsewhere. The legs are short and not very stout, 

 and the prosternum is not at all elevated behind the front 

 coxae. 



The male is relatively broader than the female, with the 

 upper surface opaque, except upon the scutellum and the 

 sutural region of the elytra. The mandibles are produced, 

 curved upwards, and toothed at the outer edge, as in 

 Fruhstorferia yunnana, Ohaus, and the clypeus is long, 

 narrow, convex, and truncate. The pronotum is highly con- 

 vex and strongly dilated in the middle. 



The female is more oval in shape and feebly shining 

 above, with the clypeus tapering, bilobed, and recurved at 

 the end, the pronotum less broad and convex, the elytra a 

 little longer, and their outer margins slightly dilated and 

 thickened before the middle. 



For the sake of comparison I have photographed males of 

 Fruhstorferia birmanica (PI. VIII. fig. 7) and F. yunnana 

 (PI. VIII. fig. 10) side by side with the new species. 



Nannopopillia varicolor, sp. n. 



Nigro-amea, elytris flavis, margine toto anguste vittaque mediana 

 ab callo huraerali fere ad apicem pertinenti, medio intus dilatata, 

 nigris, pedibus nigris vel flavis, vel vitta medio interrupta, vel 

 vitta castanea, vel elytris toto nigris ; ovata, eonvexa, sat long© 

 et dense albido-vestita, clypeo, elytris, lineaque mediana ventrali 

 angusta nudis, clypeo angustato, valde reeurvato, transversiui 

 raguloso, antice arcuato, fronte rugose punctato, longitudinaliter 

 excavato ; pronoto grosse et crebre punctato, postice linea angus- 

 tissima mediana laevi, angulis anticis acutis, posticis valde 

 obtusis ; scutello parce punctato ; elytris fortiter punctato- 

 sulcatis, intervallis convexis, secundo fere ad extremitatera 

 irregulariter punctato ; pygidio rugoso, processu mesosternali 

 valido, fortiter compresso, obtuso ; pedum anticorum ungue 

 majori fisso, aliis integris. 

 Long. 9-11 mm. ; lat. max. 5-6 mm. 



Brit. E. Africa : S. Kavirondo (4500 ft.), Kisii District, 

 N. Kavirondo, Mt. Elgon, etc. 



Uganda : Mbale-Kumi Road, South of L. Salisbury 

 (3700 ft.). 



Dr. S. A. Neave found this insect in very great abundance, 



