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stria occupies two thirds of the length of the thorax only, and 

 the prosternum is anteriorly less wide. 



Hololepta maura^ n. sp. 



Oblongo-ovata, siibdepressa, nigra, nitida ; fronte laevi ; pronoto 

 immarginato basi bisinuato, lateribus magis dense puactato, stria 

 basi continuata ; elytris striis, prima in medio interrupta, secunda 

 brevissima et appendiculata ; propygidio sparse cincto-puuctato, 



- apice bifoveolato ; pygidio sat dense subocellato-punctato ; pro- 

 sterno medio sinuato ; mesosterno antice marginato, sxibrecto. 

 L. 9i miU. 



Hah. Abyssinia {Raffray). 



This species is allied to the preceding, but the prosternum 

 is broader and less narrowed in the middle, the base being- 

 half as wide again as the apex; in this respect it is like 

 plana. Also the thorax is more densely punctured at the 

 sides, the thoracic margin is absent, and the lateral stria 

 is carried round the basal angle, and anteriorly it terminates 

 in a shallow fovea. In maura and in prona there is a line, 

 not well defined, on the thorax in front of the scutellum. 



Hololepta Salilhergi. 



Oblonga, depressa, nigra, nitida ; fronte punctulata, striis 2 trans- 

 versis brevibus ; pronoto lateribus sat dense punctato, stria mar- 

 ginali basi continuata ; elytris margine inflexo laevi, striis 2 dor- 

 salibus, prima brevi, secunda integra ; propygidio late circum- 

 punctato, medio linea haud distincta ; pygidio parce punctato. 

 L. 7 miU. 



Hob. Brazil {Dr. 8ahlberg^ no. 2794). 



This species may be placed near cubensis and caracasia. 

 The second elytral stria is complete, as in lamina^ but deviates 

 at both ends from the straight line ; the propygidium is very 

 broadly punctured (not wholly so, as in caracasia)^ and the 

 pygidium is unevenly punctured, the punctures becoming 

 almost obsolete at the base. The elytral stri^ and facies are 

 similar to those of Lioderma i^imosum and minutum^ but the 

 wide prosternum brings Sahlbergi into the genus Hololepta. 



Hololepta Belti^ n. sp. 



Ovata, brevis, complanata, nigra, nitida ; fronte plana, striis 2 trans- 

 versis arcuatis subobsoletis ; pronoto lateribus anguste punctato, 

 ante scutellum bisinuato, stria marginal! teuui ; elytris margine 

 inflexo Isevi; stria subhumerali valida, basi abbreviata, 2 dorsalibus 

 obliquis, secunda brevissima, appendiculata ; propygidio punetis 



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