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when seen under a strong lens, fulvous, shining, the sides with a 

 broad, slightly curved black band, not extending to the anterior 

 margin ; scutellum scarcely longer than broad, its apex rounded ; 

 elytra very slightly narrowed towards the apex, very finely 

 punctured in closely approached irregular rows, the lateral lobes 

 broadly rounded and moderately produced, the colour a pale 

 flavous or yellowish white, the suture narrowly black ; this colour 

 widened towards the apex, where it is transversely connected with 

 another broad longitudinal band which commences at the base, 

 but does not extend to the apex nor to the lateral margins : 

 abdomen and legs flavous, all the tibiae with a black stripe at the 

 outer edge of their apical portion ; tarsi rather broad and short, 

 the first joint slightly longer than the second. 



Hah. TJmcheki River, Mashonaland (Q. Marshall) ; also Moliro, 

 Congo (Belgian Mus.). 



Of this very distinct species four specimens are before me, 

 which agree in every respect ; there is no other genus, except 

 perhaps Melitonoma, where the species could find a more suitable 

 place, on account of the rounded sides and posterior thoracic 

 angles and the short tarsi, which best agree with Damia ; the 

 anterior legs are also rather longer than the others, as is the case 

 with the other species placed in this genus. The present one is, 

 however, much larger and resembles much in the coloration and 

 pattern certain species of Peploptera ; the black transverse band at 

 the head will at once help in its recognition. 



Camptolenes pubifrons, sp. n. 



Black, the head strongly pubescent; thorax strongly but remotely 

 punctured, black, the anterior portion and part of the sides flavous; 

 elytra strongly and irregularly punctured, flavous, an angular 

 band before and another narrow one below the middle, black ; legs 

 fulvous. 



Mas. Mandibles long and robust, deeply concave, the right one 

 curved ; the anterior legs very elongate as well as their tarsi. 



Fern. Mandibles and legs normal. 



Length 7-8 millim. 



Head broad, black, clothed with long yellowish hairs, the 

 epistome not separated, its anterior edge truncate ; antennae short, 

 the fourth and following joints transverse, black, the basal joint 

 fulvous ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides nearly straight, 

 rounded at the posterior angles, the base with a depression at each 

 side, the basal margin moderately produced at the middle, the 

 surface irregularly and strongly punctured, black, the anterior 

 third portion and the sides flavous, somewhat thickened ; scutellum 

 black ; elytra strongly and irregularly punctured, the interstices 

 slightly rugose, longitudinally costate near the apex, flavous, with 

 a transverse narrow black band placed before the middle and 

 extending upwards at the shoulders to the base, and another more 

 irregular angulate band situated at a little distance from the apex ; 

 below black, finely pubescent ; legs piccous, the anterior tibiee and 



