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12. EcTBICHODIA MARGINICOLLIS. 



Foem. Nigra, nilens ; caput conicum, capitis lobo anlico wquilongum ; 

 antennarum articulus 4us albus, apicem versus niger ; prothoracis 

 lobus anticus luteo marginatus ; pedes validi, femoribus qualuor 

 anterioribus subincrassatis. 



Female. Black, smooth, shining, elongate-subelliptical, narrower 

 towards the head. Head conical, as long as the fore lobe of the prothorax ; 

 ante-ocular part much longer than the post-ocular. Eyes slightly pro- 

 minent. First and second joints of the rostrum about equal in length. 

 Antenna; much longer than the head and the prothorax together ; first joint 

 a lillle longer than the ante-ocular head; second longer than the first; 

 third as long as the first ; fourth white, black towards the tip, shorter than 

 the third. Prothorax with a distinct longitudinal furrow ; fore lobe luteous- 

 bordered, longer than the hind lobe. Tubercular points of the scutellum 

 wide apart. Legs stout; four anterior femora slightly incrassated ; four 

 anterior tibiae with an oblong furrow. Length of the body 12 lines. 



The specimen described is probably not fully developed. 

 a. Sierra Leone. Preseuted by the ltev. D. F. Morgan. 



Div. 2. 

 Nularda, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. xvi. 178. 



13. ECTRICHODIA NOBILITATA. 



Nularda nobilitata, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ah. Fork. xvi. 178. 

 Senegal. 



Div. 3. 

 Centraspis, Schaum, Jier. Akad. Berl. 1853, 358. Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ah. 

 Fork. xvi. 179 ; Hem. Afr. iii. 103. 



14. ECTRICHODIA PETERSI. 



Centraspis Petersi, Schaum, Ber. Akad. Berl. 1853, 358; Peters, Reise 

 Mozamb. Ins. 49, pi. 2, f. 9. Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 103. 



Mozambique. 



15. ECTHICUODIA IMPEUIALIS. 



imperialis, Weslw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Land. iv. 119, pi. 7, f. 2— Centraspis 

 imperialis, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii 103. 



Cape Palinas. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Div. 4. 



Microstcmma, Sgnt. Arch. Ent. ii. 313. Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 108. 



16. ECTRICHODIA ATROCYANEA. 



Microstcmma atrocyaneum, Sgnt. Arch. Ent. ii. 314, pi. 11, f. 9. Stal, 



linn. Afr. iii. 108. 

 Calabar. 

 a. West Africa. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



