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with three ochreous lines ; thorax black, with five longitudinal 

 ochreous lines, the two on each side of the central one interrupted 

 with black ; scutellum black, with an ochreous spot at the base and 

 another at the tip ; elytra somewhat roughly and distantly punc- 

 tured, the base and apex black, spotted and marked with ochraceous ; 

 the centre with a wide ochreous-brown band varied with greyish, in 

 front and behind undulated and margined with black ; under side 

 black, spotted and varied with ochraceous ; hinder side of abdomen 

 black in the middle ; tibiae with a widish ochreous ring round the 

 middle ; antennae, three first joints black varied with ochreous, 

 ciliated behind (the others are broken off). 



Length 7-9 lines. 



Hab. N. China (Shanghai) (Coll. Fortune). Coll. Brit. Mus. 



PhYMASTERNA LEUCOSTICTICA, n. s. (PI. LIII. fig. 3.) 



P. nigra ; elytris maculis plurimis parvis albis, singulis stibqua- 

 dricostatis mesothoracis lateribus pilis albidis confertis tectis ; 

 abdominis segmentis lateribus cinereo marginatis. 



Black, head with scattered cinereous hairs ; thorax very smooth 

 above, sides below the recurved lateral spines varied with two or 

 three spots of greyish hairs ; elytra at the base rounded and some- 

 what produced behind ; surface of each punctured and obscurely 

 four-ribbed ; the punctures behind the shoulders, running together, 

 cause the surface there to be somewhat rugose ; black, with many 

 small white marks formed of hairs ; sides of thorax beneath covered 

 with white adpressed hairs ; margins of abdominal segments behind 

 edged with cinereous hairs ; legs with scattered cinereous hairs. 



Length A\ lines. 



Hab. Sierra Leone (Rev. D. F. Morgan). Coll. Brit. Mus. 



Phymasterna senilis, n. s. 



P. nigra, pubes delicatula cinerea tecta ; thorace l<evi, elytris 

 punctatis, humeris et basi profundis ; basi medio sinuato. 



Black, covered with a slight cinereous pubescence ; cheeks ochra- 

 ceous ; thorax very smooth ; elytra punctured, more deeply at the 

 base, but more especially on the shoulders ; the base in the middle 

 sinuated ; abdomen down the middle black, the sides cinereous. 



Length 8 lines. 



Hab. Sierra Leone (Rev. D. F. Morgan). Coll. Brit. Mus. 



DlASTOCERA CATHERINA, n. S. (PI. LIII. fig. 4.) 



D. elongata*, angusta, cinerascenti-nigra ; thoracis marginibus 

 anticis posticisque purpureo-rujis ; elytris albido delicatulo 

 punctulatis singulis fasciis 7-8 purpureo-rujis angustis inter- 

 ruptis ornatis ; femoribus et tibiis purpureo-rufo vittatis ; ab- 

 domine subtus purpureo-rufo transversim quadrifasciato. 



Elongated, narrow, greyish-black ; head in front and margin of 

 eyes varied with purplish red ; antennae black, sprinkled with greyish 

 hairs ; thorax in front wider than behind ; the fore and hind edges 



