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apice truncatis, pallide testaceis, sutura picea, lateribus albo-margi- 

 natis, apice albo-notatis ; pedibus rufis, femoribus nigris, extus 

 albis. — Long. 15-16 mill. 



Olivaceous green, shilling, rather sparsely clothed with long 

 grey pubescence. Head rather coarsely punctured, the punctures 

 confluent in front, a slight longitudinal élévation in the 'centre 

 between the eyes, apical margin of the clypeus slightly sinuous; 

 an elongate spot on each side, sometimes divided into two, and 

 two small spots at the base white. Thorax considerably narrower 

 than the elytra at the base, slightly rounded at the sides in the 

 middle, thence obliquely narrowed to the apex, very coarsely and 

 closely punctured ; three longitudinal white stripes extending from 

 the base to the apex, the latéral ones oblique and with a small 

 denuded spot in the middle. Scutellum impunctate ; with a white 

 longitudinal central line generally widened towards the base. Elytra 

 rather closely punctured in rows and with two smooth and well- 

 marked costae on the disk, sides irregularly punctured, apex trun- 

 cate with a fringe of long hairs, suturai angles acutely produced; 

 pale testaceous yellow, the shouiders, suture and apex narrowly 

 margined with piceous, a regular marginal band at the sides and a 

 transverse spot at the apex white, the extrême margin black. 

 Pygidium rather produced and slightly impressed in the centre at 

 the apex, strigose and pubescent; shining black with a large round 

 white spot on each side. Beneath broadly marked with white at 

 the sides, the abdomen impressed and with a row of white spots in 

 the maie, mesosternal process strongly divergent. Legs red, the 

 femora black or piceous with broad white bands and fringed with 

 long grey hairs. 



Moliro, Tanganika (J. Duvivier). 



This species diflers from ail others of the genus in having the 

 elytra truncate at the apex ; it is apparently most nearly allied to 

 pilosa Kz. (of which I hâve received typical spécimens from the 

 author), but is larger, has a white vitta on the scutellum, the 

 elytra are more elongatej less closely punctured and margined 

 with white at the sides, the mesosternal process is more divergent 

 and the femora are dark coloured. The spécimens from which 1 

 hâve taken my description exhibit but slight variation and were 

 collected by M. Duvivier from March to May 1895. In my collection 

 and the Brussels Muséum. 



6. Gnathocera varians Gory. 

 Sénégal; Guinea. 



7. Gnathocera lurida Jans. 

 Angola (Welwitsch). 



