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On some new Species of Goleoptera. 



Prothorax longitudine ktior, basi profuude sat auguste coustrictus, 

 disco ante hoc sulcum magis elevate quam in St. Murraifi, Chevr., 

 et St. amrena, Westw., antice sulculo transverse recto supra in 

 medio haud retrorsum arcuato, deute laterali robusto, supra 

 punctis rudibus ac linea mediaua antice sensira impressa instruc- 

 tus ; nigro-velutinus, sulco basali et xitrinque macula antemediana 

 suboblonga transversa luteis. 



Scutellum albo-luteum, rotundatum. Elytra basi prothorace (cum 

 dentibus) vix latiora, hunieris leviter produetis rotundis ; in 

 utroque elytro tribus maculis lacteis : 1" laterali ad humerum 

 incipiente retrorsum latiore, totum latus occupaute, limbo tenui 

 excepto, intus pone medium emarginata ; 2* basali a humero 

 versus suturam desccndente, suturam ac medium elytrorum haud 

 attingeute, parum latiore quam spatium nigrum intra maculas 

 pm g^. 2am . 3a guboblonga dorsali postmediana. 



Processus prosternalis angustus, postice declivis, versus basin 

 rotundato-declivis, sulcatus, antice t'ere perpendicularis, apice 

 rotundato autem parura producto. Processus mesosternalis etiam 

 sat angustus, supra parum convexus, apice leviter productus ac 

 medio anguste paulo emarginatus, cum processu prostemali pilis 

 longis vestitus. Abdomen lateribus luteo-ochraceum, medio 

 glaucum. 



Long. 30 mm., clytr. 21, lat. 10. 



Stanley Pool, Congo. One female. 



When a series of this peculiar species is procured, we shall 

 probably find that tiie colour of the tomentum of the under- 

 side is liable to variation. 



The elytra appear less triangular than in the allied species 

 {St. amoena, Westw,, crux-nigra^ Hope, Murrayi, Chevr., &c.), 

 as they are narrower at the base. 



The structure and pattern of the pronotum, the form and 

 pattern of the elytra, and the structure of the sternal inter- 

 coxal processes distinguish this species from its allies. 



6. Ceroplesis llarrisoni, sp. n. 



$ . C. niger, elytris rufo-testaceo-fasciatus. Structura (haud signa- 

 tura) C.Jissce, Har., similis, multo robustior ; prothorace dente 

 laterali majore, pronoto fortiter punctato-rugato, antice trans- 

 versim plicate, basi sat fortiter biplicato, sulco brevi antebasali 

 mediano laevi instruct© ; elytris basi fortiter rugato-punctatis ; 

 processu mesosternali minus elevato, fere ajqualiter declivi, cum 

 processu prosternali brunneo-nigro-piloso. 



Elytra nigra, fascia prima antemediana parte basali nigra angus- 

 tiore, secunda postmediana ilia parte iccjuilata, tertia quartam 

 partem apicalem elytroruiu occupante, ac limbo laterali tenui 

 (basi excepta) rufo-tcstaceis siguata ; fasciis nirjris submcdiana et 

 altera anteapicali a?quilatis in sutura stepc parum latioribus. 



Long. 30 mm., elytr. 21, lat. 10|. 



