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black, the entire lower portion, in shape of a large subquadrate 

 patch, fulvous, eyes triangularly emarginate, labrum and palpi 

 fulvous ; antennse short, black, the lower four joints fulvous, the 

 terminal ones short ; thorax subcylindrical, narrowed at the sides, 

 the surface entirely impunctate, fulvous, with two longitudinal 

 black bands, widely separated and not extending to the anteiior 

 margin; scutellum ilavous, raised posteriorly, impunctate; elytra 

 very strongly and closely punctate-striate, the interstices tians- 

 versely wrinkled, the punctures distinct to the apex, flavous, a 

 narrow sutural band, slightly widened at each end antl not 

 extending to the apex, and two spots on each elytron, black, the 

 anterior spot placed on the humeral callus, the posterior one, near 

 the apex, of moi'e elongate shape and sometimes connected with 

 the sutui'al band at its wider portion ; pygidium closely punctured 

 and pubescent, black, margined broadly with Ilavous ; breast and 

 abdomen partly black, the first segment flavous at the middle ; 

 femora black above, flavous below ; tibife flavous at the base only, 

 otherwise black as well as the tarsi ; presternum strongly narrowed 

 antei'iorly, the base straight. 



Hah. Salisbury, Lesapi River, Mashonaland {G. Marshall). 



Larger than C. africamis Jac. i^ — unicinctus Jac), the thorax 

 much longer, without the lateral small spots, and with a sutural 

 band, the pygidium diflferently coloured and the elytral spots 

 placed diflTerently. 



Cryptocephalus sobrinus, sp. n. 



Pale fvilvous, the elytra testaceous, the terminal joints of the 

 antennse black ; head closely punctured ; thorax impunctate ; 

 elytra very closely and deeply punctate-striate, the interstices 

 longitudinally costate. 



Length 4 millim. 



Head very closely and strongly punctured, pale fulvous; antennae 

 black, the lower five joints fulvous, terminal joints widened but 

 much longer than broad ; thorax of normal shape, entiiely im- 

 punctate, fulvous, the extreme basal margin black ; scutelhim 

 slightly elongate, dark fulvous ; elytra slightly na,rrowed poste- 

 riorly, diverging at the apex, the latter sepai-ately rounded, the 

 punctuation deep and strong, the punctures and the rows very 

 closely placed, the interstices longitudinally costate ; below and 

 the legs fulvous, the latter robust, the lareast and abdomen 

 sparingly and finely punctured, the presternum longer than broad, 

 the posterior angles produced into a point. 



Hah. Salisbury, Mashonaland {G. Marshall). 



Amongst the unicolorous African Cryptocephali the present 

 species may be known by the sti'ong and closely punctured elytra 

 and their costate interstices ; the punctures are for the most part 

 transverse in shape and partly confluent at the sides. 



Cryptocephalus beiraensis, sp. n. (Plate XYII. fig. 5.) 

 Flavous ; thorax reddish fulvous, the sides and a central spot 



