1897.] Jhttophagous coleoptera of afeica. 263 



closely punctured, tlavous, a sutural band and two large spots at 

 the sides black. 



Length 1 1 line. 



Head very broad, finely and closely punctured, black ; the clypeus 

 separated from the face by the perfectly straight lower edge of the 

 latter and placed at a deeper level, flavous, bounded at each side by 

 a long triangular projection of the head, mandibles large and 

 broad ; antenuse short, black, the lower five joints flavous, third, 

 fourth, and fifth joints equal, short, terminal joints transversely 

 widened ; thorax strongly transverse, but slightly widened at the 

 middle, the lateral margins nearly straight, the surface closely and 

 finely but distinctly punctured, flavous, the extreme niara:ins dark, 

 the disc with two large transversely -shaped black spots, occupying 

 the greater part of the sidss ; scutelluio broad, its apex truncate, 

 black ; elytra with regular rows of strong punctures which get 

 finer towards the apex, the interstices also very distinctly and 

 closely punctured, flavous, the suture with a narrow black band 

 which below the middle widens into a lancet-shaped spot, the sides 

 with two large black spots, one on the shoulder and the other 

 immediately below it, both large and of irregular shape, the lower 

 spot ending at some distance from the apex ; below black, the apex 

 of the abdomen and the pygidium flavous, the latter with a small 

 black spot at the apex ; legs fulvous. 



Hah. Niger-Benue Exped. {Staudinger). 



Of this little species, which is much distinguished by the 

 shape and structure of the head, I received a single example from 

 Dr. Staudiuger. 



Ceyptocephalus maeshalli, n. sp. (Plate XVII. fig. 10.) 



Head yellow, spotted with black ; thorax flavous, finely punc- 

 tured, with a transverse band at the middle and the base black ; 

 scutellum black ; elytra moderately strongly punctate-striate, 

 flavous, the margins narrowly, four spots placed quadrately at the 

 base, and another A-shaped spot below the middle at the sides, 

 black ; underside and legs fulvous, spotted with black. 



Length 2| lines. 



Head closely and strongly punctured ; the vertex black, with 

 two small flavous spots ; the lower portion flavous, with a black 

 spot at the base of the antennae, the latter scai'cely extending to 

 the middle of the elytra, fulvous ; the terminal four or five joints 

 moi'e or less black, the third joint twice as long as the second, 

 fourth slightly longer than the third, the following joints rather 

 strongly widened ; thorax strongly transvei'se, rather short, the 

 sides rounded, strongly iiarrowed in front, the surface closely and 

 finely punctured, flavous, the middle of the disc occupied by a 

 narrow transverse black band, not extending to the sides but 

 connected with another narrower baud of irregular shape at the 

 base by a narrow central strealc of black and also sometimes at 

 each end ; scutellum not longer than broad, black ; elytra not 

 very strongly punctured, the interstices flat and impuactate, the 



