'S74 Mil. M. JACOBY ON THE [May 18, 



trigouate, labi'uni black ; aatennse extending below the raitldle of 

 the elytra, fulvous, the second joint rather shoi't, the third one- 

 half longer ; thorax more than twice as broad as long, the sides 

 rounded, the anterior angles oblique, the disc extremely finely and 

 closely punctured; elytra nearly similarly sculptured, pale fulvous, 

 with a sutural fovea below the base, each elytron with ten or 

 twelve larger and smaller round black spots, which extend from 

 before the middle obliquely towards tbe suture, forming two more 

 or less regular rows, the outer one placed near the lateral margin, 

 but varying in position and number of spots on each elytron, 

 their epipleurse broad and extending below the middle ; the breast 

 piceous, rest of the underside and the legs fulvous. 



Hub. Africa, jSTiger-Benue Expedit. (Staudim/cr). Mv collection. 



Closely allied to 0. irregularis, Rits. (incoiistrnis, Duviv.), but of 

 only half the size, the antennas entirely fulvous, most of the elytral 

 spots larger, the elytra with a sutural fovea, and the metatarsus of 

 the hind legs longer than the following joints together. 



Candezea taeiopexsis, u. sp. (Plate XXXI\^. tigs. 9, 10.) 



Black, the basal joints of the antennae and the anterior legs 

 fulvous ; sides of the thorax nearly straight, the disc closely punc- 

 tured, fulvous or black ; elytra fulvous, spotted or striped with 

 black, or entirely black with the apex f uhous. 



Var. a. Elytra with two black narrow stripes, abbreviated 

 behind. 



Var. b. The elytral stripes more or less connected and ex- 

 tending to the sutiu-e and the margins. 



A^ar. c. Elytra fulvous, with two black stripes connected below 

 the middle. 



Var. d. Elytra entirely black, the apex fulvous. 



Var. e. Head and thorax fulvous ; elytra black, the apex fulvous. 



Length 2 lines. 



This is one of the most variable species in regard to coloration 

 that has come under my observation ; but as I am quite unable to 

 find any structural differences I have no doubt about the identity 

 of all the forms before me. 



The head is minutely granulate, either black or fulvous, with 

 the frontal elevations oblique and moderately raised; the antenna; 

 extending to the middle of the elytra, black, the lower four joints 

 flavous, second and third joints short, equal in the male, subequal 

 .in the female ; thorax at least twice as broad as long, narrowed 

 anteriorly, the sides straight, the anterior angles slightly thickened, 

 the posterior ones distinct, the basal margin moderatelv rounded 

 at the middle, the surface very closely impressed with small and 

 slightly larger punctures ; scutellum black ; elytra extremely closely 

 punctured, the punctures larger than those of the thorax, the 

 interstices slightly ragose, the colour either entirely fulvous or 

 with the following markings : — 



Var. a. Each elytron with two narrow black stripes, one near 

 the suture, narrowed at the middle, the other near the lateral 



