species of Longicom Beetles. 271 



Phryneta fortificata, n. s. 



P. pallide fusca ; vertice liueis duabus pallidis cruciatis ; tliorace 

 medio tuberculis mediis ; elytris basi et in latere usque ad me- 

 diam partem fossulato-punctatis, medio ochraceo oblique bili- 

 neatis, apice subrotundatis ; abdominis apice subtus linea longi- 

 tudinali impressa. 



Pale brown ; head darker ; crowu with two pale lines crossing 

 each other between the eyes; the palpi ferruginous; antennse 

 brown, with cinereous reflexions; thorax in the middle with 

 three rounded tubercles, two of them transverse, and one behind 

 the other two, variegated with ochreous and brown ; scutellum 

 with a pale V-shaped mark in the middle; elytra with the base 

 and the side for half the length of each elytron covered with deep 

 fossulated punctures ; a short ridge in the middle, with a tubercle 

 at the base ; about the middle two short oblique ochreous Inies, 

 the innermost with a sudden hook at the end furthest from the 

 suture ; elytra somewhat rounded at the tip ; legs and under 

 side varied with brown ; a pale mark on the thorax below the 

 shoulder of the elytra; the apical segment of the abdomen 

 beneath with a longitudinal impressed line; basal segments of 

 abdomen with a pale spot on each side. 



Length 10 lines. 



Hab. W. Africa. (Coll. Brit. Mus.) 



Phryneta cinereola, n. s. 



P. pallide cinerea, fusco variegata ; oculis parvis ; thorace medio sex- 

 tuberculato, tuberculis quiuque in arcu ordinatis ; elytris basi sca- 

 briusculis, maculis variis fuscis, maculis basi maculisque ad mediam 

 partem fascias fere formantibus ; corpore subtus, pedibus et an- 

 tennis ciuereis. 



Pale ash-coloured ; eyes small ; thorax in the middle with six 

 tubercles, five of them arranged in an arcuated line, the other 

 one triangular and notched behind ; elytra at the base and with 

 the space about the shoulder deeply punctured and somewhat 

 tuberculated, with brown spots almost forming a band behind 

 the shoulder ; the spots about the middle almost form a band ; 

 before the tip of each elytron is a brown spot ; the apex of each 

 elytron is somewhat rounded; the body beneath, the legs, and 

 the antennse are ash-coloured, and obscurely marked with ferru- 

 ginous. 



Length 9 lines. 



Hab. Port Natal. (Gueinzius, in Coll. Brit. Mus.) 



Phryneta ? velutina, n. s. 

 P. aureo-brunnea, sericeo-vclutina ; antennis fusco-brunneis ; thoracis 

 tuberculis latcralibus supra carinatis ; elvtris fasciis quinque un- 



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