1918.] 195 



22. — Scirtes vittijrons, n. sp. 



$ . Elliptic, robust, somewhat convex, very shining-, sparsely, finely pubes- 

 cent ; head with a broad aharply-detined space on each >ide (including the eyes) 

 black, the central portion, prothorax, and scutellum flavo-testaceous, the 

 antennae (except the extreme base, w ich is black), legs, and under surface 

 testaceous or rufo-testaceous, the elytra reddish brown ; the head, prothorax, 

 and scutellum rather sparsely, minutely, the elytra closely and somewhat 

 coarsely, punctate. Head without foveae ; antennae long, slender, joints 2 

 and 3 short, equal, the others elongate, 4 longer than 2 and 3 united. 

 Prothorax convex, arcuately narrowed from the base, deeply hollowed in 

 front opposite the eyes, the anterior angles prominent. Elytra without trace 

 of grooves or costae, sharply margined. Posterior coxal plates transverse, 

 angulate, hollowed behind. Legs stout ; posterior femora very broad, the 

 tibiae widened, moderately long, almost straight, sharply carinate, the upper 

 spur nearly as long as the first tarsal joint. 



Length 4^, breadth 3 mm. 



Hah. GuiXEA, Sierra Leone {ex coll. F^^y). 



One specimen. A robust, mther convex, shining insect, with a 

 flavo-vittate head, yellowish prothorax and scutellum, reddish-brown, 

 rather coarsel}^ punctured elj^tra, and testaceous limbs. It has the 

 facies of a Halticid. The only described Scirtes from Sierra Leone is 

 S. suhapicnlis Pic (1913), which must be a very different insect. 



23. — Scirtes nigeriensis^ n. sp. 



Elliptic, rather broad, robust, moderately convex, shining, sparsely, finely 

 pubescent ; head, prothorax, and scutellum rufous, the eyes and elvtra black, 

 the reflexed apical margin of the latter and the antennae, legs, and under 

 surface, testaceous; closely minutely, the elytra sparsely and a little more 

 distinctly, punctate. Head broad, unimpressed, the eyes rather large ; antennae 

 moderately long, joint 3 small, not longer than 2, 4 and 5 elongate (the outer 

 joints wanting). Prothorax short, rapidly narrowed from the base, feebly 

 hollowed in fiont opposite the eyes, the anterior angles somewhat obtuse. 

 Elytra sharply margined laterally, with an indication of a faint sutural 

 groove down the apical half, unimpressed on the disc. Posterior coxal plates 

 angular, rather small. Posterior legs stout, the femora greatly developed, the 

 tibiae sharply carinate, the upper spur nearly as long as the first tarsal joint. 



Length 3|, breadth 2^ mm. (d"?) 



Hah. S. Nigeria, Ilesha (i. E. H. Humfrey). 



One specimen, received by the Museum in 1911. Near S. vittifrons, 

 from Sierra Leone, the head wholly red between the eyes, the elvtra 

 black, and more fineh^ and quite sparse!}' punctured, the posterior femora 

 and tibiae very stout. 



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