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oblong spot on the disk of each elytron near the base, a round 

 spot just in front of the middle, a transverse band between 

 the middle and apex of each elytron, and two small spots at 

 the outer margin — one just under the shoulder, the other 

 placed a little further back from the base i four spots on each 

 side of the abdomen and spots at the sides of the breast and 

 prosternum. 



Eumiinetes brevicornis, sp. n. 



Pube grisea brunneo variegata vestita : pronoto vittis tribus fuscis 

 interdum haiul distinctis ornato ; corpore subtus pedibusque 

 punetis nigris glabris sat dense notatis ; prothorace utrinque 

 pone medium sat valde tubercnlato, supra sparsim nigro-granu- 

 lato ; elytris versus basin fortiter denseque punetatis, humeris 

 prominulis ; antenuis { ^ ) quam corpore pauUo brevioribus, 

 ciuereis, articulis a tertio late fusco-annulatis. 



Long. 13-15, lat. 6-7 mm. 



Ilab. Samburu, Brit. E. Africa (C. S. Betton). 



Head with a grey pubescence, interrupted by glabrous 

 punctured spots. Prothorax rather strongly tubercled behind 

 the middle of each side, evenly convex above, and marked 

 with three more or less distinct fuscous vittte and numerous 

 small scattered black granules. Scutellum short and broad, 

 truncate behind. Elytra with prominent shoulders, and each 

 with a prominence at the base close to the scutellum ; strongly 

 and rather closely punctured, especially towards the base ; 

 covered with a grey pubescence, indistinctly spotted with 

 brown. Legs and underside with an ashy-grey pubescence, 

 changing to yellowish grey towards the sides of the body; 

 marked with numerous small glabrous black points. 



Crossotus validus, sp. n. 



O. plumicorni (Serv.) similis, sed antennis subtus sparse breviterque 

 fimbriatis, utroque latere prothoracis bituberculato ; elytris 

 utrisqiie pone basin crista brcvi longitudinali summo I'ulvo-pilosa 

 instructis. 



Long. 17, lat. 7| mm. 



Ilab. Machuma, Taru Desert, Brit. E. Africa (C S. 

 Betton). 



In colour and punctuation this species resembles C. plumi- 

 corm's, Serv., and C. robustus, Jord., from both of which it 

 may be distinguished by the short longitudinal crest, sur- 

 mounted with lulvous hairs, which is placed a little behind 

 the base of each elytron. From G. plumicornis it is further 



