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the abdomen notched in the middle at the apex, so as to have the appearance of being 

 provided with two short teeth. 



Length 14-15 mm. ; breadth of d at base of elytra 3J, at middle 8-9| mm. 



Ilab. Ruwenzori, 6000-8000 ft. {G. F. Scott Elliot). 



This species appears to be most nearly allied to L. aspidatus Murray, agreeing with 

 it pretty closely in the form of the male forceps, in which, however, the terminal 

 curved tooth is slightly longer and more pointed. There is only one other species 

 of the genus known to me having a similar form of forceps *. The elytra are narrower 

 and longer than in asjndatas, differently marked with black, and not nearly so raised 

 behind the middle near the suture. 



Lycus mureayi Bourg., var. 

 Lycus murrayi Bourg. Jorn. Sci. Matli. Phys. Lisboa, vii. p. 149 (1880). 



The examples from Ruwenzori which I refer to this species constitute a slight 

 variety differing from the typical form in the disposition of the black colour on the 

 elytra ; the yellow or fulvous space lying between the second and fourth costse of each 

 elytron extends almost up to the apical margin. 



Hah. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 5000-7000 ft.; Ruwenzori, 5300 ft. {Q. F. 

 Scott Elliot). 



Lycus (Haplolycus) sinuatus Dalm., var. 

 Lycus sinuatus\ Dalm. Scbonli. Syn. Ins. App. p. 28, pi. v. fig. 8 (1817). 



Elytra yellow, with a small apical black spot, which is extended anteriorly along 

 the suture for nearly one-fourth of the length of the elytra, but becomes gradually 

 shorter towards the sides. In other respects this variety agrees very well with 

 examples of the typical form from Sierra Leone. 



Length 16 mm. ; breadth at shoulders 4, at middle of elytra 7 mm. 



Hah. Ruwenzori, 6000-8000 ft. {G. F. Scott Elliot). 



Lycus (Lycostomus) eunsoeiensis, sp. n. (Plate VI. fig. 4.) 



Black ; lateral margins of the prothovax, except near the base and apex, and the 

 elytra entirely fulvous-red. Proboscis long. Prothorax with its sides converging 

 anteriorly, slightly sinuate, rounded in front. Elytra rather flat, gradually widening 



* This species, L. iiiamplexiis Bourg., is remarkably like L. ampliatus Fahr., of which at first sight it might 

 be taken as a variety, but the decided difference in the form of the forceps of the male (a character not 

 noticed by M. Bourgeois) shows that it is a good and distinct species. 



t A species very closely allied to this is the Pyroeliroa prohoscidea of Tabricius (Sp. Ins. i. p. 255, 1781), 

 the type of which, a male specimen in the Banksian Cabinet, has been figured by Olivier (Ent. ii. no. 29, 

 pi. i. fig. 6). This type was mistakenly supposed to be a female, and, in consequence, the species has not 

 hitherto been satisfactorily identified. 



