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lias only a few scattered strioliie, the apical part not (as 

 in H. alternata) more closely sculptured than the rest. 

 The sternal process is very narrow, not at all flattened or 

 dilated. 



The descrii)ti()n of Klu<^'s species is (piite inadciiuate, hnt 

 the size and locality render my identilication of it fairly 

 certain and the former evidently excludes the new species, 

 which is the one to Avhich King's name is applied hy 

 Dr. Peringuev in his ' Catalogue of the Colcoptcra of South 

 Africa.' 



Charailronota eximia, sp. u. (PI. VIII. figs. 6 & 7.) 



Nigra, clypei medio, pronoti marginibus lateralibus, singuli clytri 

 macnlis duabus parvis vel una magna, pygidii utrinque plaga 

 magna, epimeris niesostcrnalibus, mctasteruo (medio excopto) 

 abdominiscpie basi, lateriliua ot segracuto ponultimo, flavibus ; 

 paulo elongata, pupra plana, laevigata, nitida, capitc fere laivi sed 

 fronte utrinquo punctata, clypei margine antico I'ero recto, 

 angulis acuminatis, pronoto sat angusto b;isi perpaulo dilatato, 

 lani, latcribus parce punctatis ct strigosis, diniidio postico forti- 

 ter triangulariter excavato, marginibus lateialibus ante medium 

 obtuse angulatis, antice et postice fere rectis ; scutello hevi, 

 angustissimo ; elytris minutissime baud regulariter scriato-piuic- 

 tatis ; pygidio levitcr transverse strigoso, corpora subtus fere 

 lajvi, processu sternali brevissimo, rotundato. 



Long. 19-21 mm. ; lat. max. 10'5-ll-5 mm. 



UoAXDA : Entebbe (Feb.), Tero (April). 



Although similar in coloration to C. quadrisignata, G. & P., 

 this is more nearly related to C. pectoralis, liainb., but it is 

 much larger and smoother than either. The [jygidinm and 

 sides of the elytra are not opaque as in the allied species, 

 the punctures of the pronotum are confined to its front and 

 sides, and the depression upon the posterior half is much 

 deeper and more sharply defined, and the angulation of the 

 lateral margin is distinct but not sharp. The scutellum is 

 very long and narrow, and the adjacent part of the elytra 

 is only very slightly and narrowly depressed. The elytra are 

 almost flat and smooth, with a very feeble puneturation. 

 The pygidium is rather shining, rather feebly strioiated, and 

 the entire lower surface is very smootli and shining, with 

 only a very few minute punctures at the sides. 



There is one si)ecimen of each sex. The male lias the 

 abdomen very slightly liollowed beneath and each elytnui is 

 decorated with a rather ill-defined transverse yellow bar, 

 placed at the level of the apex of the scutellum and not 



