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densely -set white scales ; the intervals narrower, without scales, 

 and glossy black, an irregular band (also glossy black) in the 

 middle of the elytra ; head grooved, rostrum ridged, eyes rather 

 prominent ; antennae slender, black ; the funicl§ with the second 

 joint scarcely longer than the first ; pro thorax slightly transverse, 

 with three elevated black stripes ; elytra striate-punctate, alternate 

 interstices narrow and glossy black, two or three near the suture 

 elevated, the other interstices broad and flat, covered (the irregular 

 baud excepted) with white scales, forming square patches between 

 the stripes, and coarsely punctured, the punctures in the striae 

 impinging on the black interstices and giving them a moniliform 

 appearance ; body beneath and legs covered with small white 

 scales. 



A remarkable species as regards colour and sculpture, but 

 allied to S. alternans, which, inter alia, has all the interstices 

 raised and a broad black band on the elytra followed by an 

 equally broad white one. 



Stigmateacheltjs kupttjs. 



S. ovatus, niger nitidus, albo-squamosus ; elytris fasciis irregularibus 

 ante et pone medium macula triangulari esquamosis notatis, interstitiis 

 postice solum sad parum elevatis. Long. 5 Un. 



Sab. Madagascar. 



Ovate, black, shining, closely clothed with white scales except 

 certain parts above ; eyes prominent ; head grooved between the 

 eyes ; rostrum ridged in front ; antennae black; the funicle with 

 the second joint longer than the first; prothorax with three 

 black glossy stripes, the central broadest and longitudinally 

 grooved; elytra seriate-punctate, punctures small, distinct, but 

 those on the band and posterior spot large and quadrangular, 

 interstices slightly raised posteriorly ; body beneath and legs 

 clothed, the former with white, the latter with white scales mixed 

 with brown. 



Allied to the last, but the disposition of the naked patches 

 difi'erent, and the interstices of the elytra nearly uniform. 



Stiqmateachelus longiceps. 



S. oblongo-ovatus, nigei*, elytris squamis albidis obsitis ; capita pone 

 oculos magis elongato ; rostro modice incrassato. Long. 5-6 lin. 



Hab. Momboia. 



Oblong-ovate, black, the disk of the elytra clothed with whitish 

 scales ; head behind the eyes elongate ; rostrum rather stout, 

 hardly longer than the head, ridged in the middle; antennsB 



