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is truncate. Spurs of tibige ratlier short ; first joint of middle 

 and jjosterior tarsi about equal in length to second and third 

 joints united. Anterior coxal cavities closed in behind by 

 the junction of the epiniera with the prosternal process. 



This genus seems best placed near Ottei'ssa, Pasc, from 

 which it differs chiefly in having a much shorter front to the 

 head, a distinct conical tubercle on each side of the prothorax, 

 the anterior coxal cavities closed in behind, and the fourth 

 joint of the antennaj shorter than the third. 



AjHocephalus 'punctipennisj sp. n. 



Capite supra rufo-testaceo, fulvo-pubescente, subtus nigro, rugoso- 

 punctato ; antennis rufo-testaceis, subtiliter griseo-pubesceutibus ; 

 prothorace lateraliter nigro, sparsim fulvo-pubescente ; disco inter 

 tuberculos pube fulvo-ciuerea dense vestito ; elytris cervino- 

 pubescentibus, maculis uigris. glabris, fortiter crebreque punc- 

 tatis notatis, maculis utriiique ante medium dense aggregatis ; 

 corpore subtus pedibusque hie illuc int'uscatis, pube griseo-fulva 

 teuuiter vestitis. 



Long. 11, lat. 3^ mm. 



Hah. Brit. E. Africa {G. S. Betton). 



Head rugosely punctured and black underneath, reddish 

 testaceous above, with a black spot in front, and having a 

 scattered fulvous pubescence. Prothorax with a cinereous 

 pubescence covering middle of disk ; the sides black, with a 

 scattered tawny pubescence. Elytra with a fawn-coloured 

 pubescence, interrupted by glabrous black spots, which are 

 seen to be strongly and very closely punctured ; tiiese spots 

 are closely crowded on each side in front of the middle, where 

 they form an almost complete black patch. Body under- 

 neath and legsparily testaceous, partly dark brown in colour, 

 the whole thinly clothed with tawny pubescence. 



Compsomera Ansorgei^ sp. n. 



Nigra ; elytrorum dimidio posteriore et vittis duabus utrinque antice 



viridi-metallicis. 

 Long. 26, lat. 7 mm. 



Hah. Uganda {Dr. W. J. Ansorge). 



This species is very closely allied to C. nigricollis, Gab., 

 which it resembles exactly in the markings of the elytra, with 

 the exception that the metallic-blue colour in the type of 

 C. nigricoUis is here replaced by metallic green. It differs 

 chiefly from C. nigricoUis in having the head, legs, and 

 antenna? quite black in colour. 



