of the Family Btiprestida'. 24 7 



Sternocera Kerremnnsi, Kerr. 



Siiiiii. Tills species is of a brij^ht <;reoii colour and is cer- 

 tainly tlu> same as the two specimens just referred to above, 

 diliering only in having traces of pubescent fove;c on the 

 elytra. 



These three specimens may prove to be extreme forms of 

 rujicornis, but I have not seen specimens intermediate 

 between them and the typical riificornis. 



Tlie colour of the underside and the non-metallic legs 

 suggest atKnity with <S'. dasijpleara rather than with S. cequi- 

 slyiiata. 



Sternocera Druryi, sp. n. 



Statura S. cnstanefp, nigra, nitida ; antenuis, elytris jjodibusque 



castaneo-flavis. 

 Long. 22 lia. 



Hub. Upper Nile {^fV. B. Dritnj, R.N.); Gadarif, Smlau 

 {Dr. Hayes). 



This species is close to S. castanea, but differs in having 

 antennse, legs, and elytra (especially the elytra) much more 

 yellow. The thorax and underside are jet-black, not the 

 least bronzy. The thorax strongly sculptured with elongate 

 fovrse and confluent rugje, as in castanea, but there is much 

 less pubescence in the foveie. The elytra are without 

 pubescent spots, except the one at the base, which is very 

 inconspicuous. The legs are brownish yellow, with the poste- 

 rior margin of the femora black. 



A sjjecimeu of this species Mithout locality has been in 

 the Museum for many years associated with S. castanea. 

 Recently a specimen was received from the Upper Nile, and 

 there are two tine specimens from Sudan in the Oxford 

 ^Museum. 



Sternocera Stevensii, sp. n. 



TJoscmbles and is closely allied to S. interrnpta, but differs 

 in the sculpture ai d ornamentation of the abdomen. 



Head and thorax black, with numerous moderately strong 

 punctures and a median impressed line, all filled with 

 whitish pubescence, as in interrupta. Elytra castaneous, 

 ratiier more strongly punctured than in interrvpta. Each 

 elytron with a small dirty white spot near the scutellum, an 

 elongate spot in the midcllc of the base, a longer one below 

 the shoulder, and a line beidnd the middle (near the side). 



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