248 Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse on Coleopfera 



Body beneath dark aeneous. The abdomen is marked with 

 punctures, each ])unctnre boating an ob>;curely brassy hair. 

 These punctures are phiced in groups of two or three or in 

 undulating lines at the sides ot the segments. On the third 

 and fourth segments the>e punctures are crowded together so 

 as to form an undulating band, leaving a smooth shining 

 spot on each side at the base, and a wide, triangular, sparingly 

 punctured area in the middle. The punctures on the apical 

 segment are crowded together so as to form triangular patches 

 on each side, leaving the middle space sparingly punctured. 



Long. 17 lin. 



Hab. W. Africa. 



Variety A. — Elytra dark castaneous. nearly black. 

 Hob. N. Nigeria {Capt. Leiean). 



Variety B. — Thorax brassy. Elytra very dark brown, with 

 blue reflections. 

 Hab. Damara Land. 



^ternocera Zee hi ana, Kolbe. 

 Sternocera Zechiana, Kolbe, Ent. Nacht. xxiii. 1S97, p. 351. 



In the Museum there are several specimens from Togo and 

 Upper Niger which appear to be referable to this species. 

 The dark spot described on the shoulder of the elytra is, 

 however, so very indistinct, and, on the other hand, the 

 pubescent spots on the abdomen, described as "flavido- 

 tomentosa indistincta,'''' are so very well marked, that it is 

 just possible they may be a different species. The thorax is 

 dark bluish aeneous, with golden punctures. The elytra are 

 brown, with the suture and margin very nari'owly margined 

 with brassy black. The underside of the insect is bright 

 golden aeneous, with blue or copper tints on the abdomen. 

 One example is dark bluish beneath. The abdomen is 

 moderately strongly punctured, each puncture bearing one, 

 two, or three yellow hairs : these are arranged in a line 

 along the apical margin ; others are placed irregularly not 

 very close together in the middle of the segment, but at the 

 base on each side they are fine and crowded together so as 

 to form very wide triangular patches on the third and fourth 

 segments. The apical segment has two equilateral trian- 

 gular patches of yellow pubescence. 



The chief differences between this species and S. Stevensii 

 are that this has no pubescent spots on the elytra; and the 

 j)ubescence on the abdomen, which in Stevensii covers the 

 greater part of the sides of the segments, extending to the 



