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unité on the face above the insertion of the antennae. Temples, 

 behind and below the eyes, almost entirely covered with silvery white 

 pile. On the abdomen the silvery white pubescence is distributed as 

 follows : a broad apical band on the first tergite; three large, rounded 

 spots placed in a triangle on the second tergite; the médian spot 

 elongate oval, placed lengthwise on the basai third of the segment; 

 the two latéral spots elliptical, very broad, and placed much before 

 the apical margin, almost as far from each other as their own width; 

 they do not appear to resuit from the fusion of two pairs of latéral 

 spots; third, fourth, and fifth tergites each with a médian, transverse 

 spot and apical side fasciae not connected with the médian spot. The 

 sides of the second tergite bear long, silvery hairs in the vicinity of 

 the felted grooves. Broad, silvery fringes at the apex of second and 

 third terg'tes and traces of such toward the sides of the fourth ster- 

 nite. Silvery hairs also form indistinct spots on the pleuras of the 

 thorax. Thorax sanguine red, the remainder of the body black. 



Head distinctly narrowed behind the eyes, the sides of the vertex 

 strongly convergent. Occiput without trace of lobes or carina. Thor- 

 ax squarely truncate anteriorly, the humerai angles broadly rounded 

 off. Seen from above the thorax is elongats, distinctly broader in 

 the région of the tegulae, before its middle; narrower posteriorly, 

 about one and one-half times as long as its greatest width. First ster- 

 nite with a short, uniformly straight carina which is neither dentate 

 not emarginate. 



It will be interesting to know whether D. quinquenotata André and 

 its relative D. alluaudi Bischoff agrée with D. foxi in the absence 

 of a pygidial area. D. filum Bischoff, which Bischoff compares with 

 quinquenotata, possesses a well limited and sculptured pygidial area, 

 as we hâve found upon examination of the type. 



Dasylabris deckeni Magretti var. signaticeps André. 



Somaliland : Laga, one female (A. Donaldson Smith. — Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia). This spécimen was recorded by 

 Fox (Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1896, p. 547) under the name 

 Mutilla mephitis Smith, but in that species the shape of the head is 

 différent. 



