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abdominal segments, black; legs sometimes testaceous, sometimes almost entirely 

 pitchy. Prothorax sparsely and feebly punctate. Elytra distinctly but rather finely 

 and not very densely punctured. 



Length 9-10 mm. 



Hah. Ruwenzori, 5600-8000 ft. [G. F. Scott Elliot). 



In size and form this species comes very near B.murrayi Baly (^thonea), a common 

 West African species ; it differs, however, in having the elytra less strongly and less 

 closely punctured, while the coloration of the elytra, though variable, is not quite like 

 that of any of the described varieties of B. murrayi. j3Jlthonea Baly is not generically 

 distinct from Bonesia Baly, the difference mentioned by Baly as separating the two 

 genera being one of a sexual character. B. clarki Baly, the type of Bonesia, was 

 founded upon female specimens, whereas yE. murrayi Baly, the type of JEthonea, was 

 based upon male examples only. These two species are very closely allied, and the 

 only structural differences between them that I can find are that in B. clarki the 

 antennae of the female are somewhat more thickened towards the apex, the elytra less 

 strongly punctured, and the acetabula of the front coxae more distinctly open behind. 

 In the male type of B. murrayi Baly the antennae are scarcely longer than half the 

 body, and are therefore not "nearly as long as the body," as stated by Baly ; jEthonea 

 variabilis Jacoby is certainly identical with this species, which is itself in all probability 

 identical with B. quinquepunctata Klug (Galleruca). 



Agelastica africana Jac. (Morphosphceroides) Stett. ent. Zeit. 1903, p. 318. 



Black ; elytra yellowish-white ; prothorax pale yellow, marked above with black 

 spots or sometimes entirely black. Head impunctate, the front marked with a 

 median sulcus ; epistome yellow, submembranous, very short ; lab rum transverse, 

 subsinuately emarginate in front; last two joints together of the maxillary palpi ovate 

 in form. Antennae extending about to the middle of the elytra ; first three joints 

 nitid, the third about half as long again as the second ; fourth to tenth somewhat 

 dilated, pubescent, and dull. Prothorax about twice as broad as long, very glossy 

 above, convex in the middle, and there almost impunctate, marked near each side with 

 a somewhat curved longitudinal impression, between which and the slightly reflexed 

 lateral edge there is a slight elevation. Scutellum in the form of a triangle with 

 curved sides and obtuse apex. Elytra strongly and somewhat closely punctured. 

 Body beneath and legs nitid, very sparsely pubescent. First joint of hind tarsi as long 

 as the next two joints united. 



Length 8-9 ; breadth 4-4-2 mm. 



Hab. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000-13,000 ft. 



The three specimens of this species that I have for examination differ from each 

 other in the colour of the prothorax. In one the prothorax is yellowish-white, with 



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