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truncate at the tip, that of the maxillary broadly securiform, hollow 

 at the tip ; antennae subfiliform, second joint shorter than the third, 

 the others subequal ; labrum broader than long, slightly rounded at 

 the tip ; head narrowed behind the eyes, which are very prominent ; 

 prothorax broader than long, rounded in the anterior part, broader 

 there than at the base, the posterior angles very sharp and pro- 

 jecting ; elytra plane, subparallel, truncate behind, striate or 

 punctato-striate, with three punctures on the third interval, one 

 below the bifid basal stria and near to it, the second one in the 

 centre of the interval at about the median part, and the third one 

 also in the centre of the interval and at the same distance from the 

 apex as the anterior one from the base ; legs moderately long ; 

 anterior tarsi short, the fourth one broader than the third, bilobate, 

 the lobes not very long ; claws pectinate, number of teeth on each 

 side of the claw varying from two to five. 



PhloROzetus is represented in Southern Europe and Syria, but I 

 know of some species found in Senegambia, and as yet undescribed ; 

 one species is also described from the Zanzibar mainland. Found 

 under bark, and occasionally under stones. I captured once a large 

 number of P. proestans in the crevices of the bark of a wattle. Acacia 

 melanoxilon, the trunk and lower branches of which were teeming 

 with larvae and imagines of a lady-bird, Bodolia Iceryce, This lady- 

 bird had previously completely cleared the Acacia from myriads of 

 the large Coccid Iccrya Purchasi. 



Syno2)sis of Species. 



I. 



Elytra yellow with black patches or bands. 



A small sutural, post-median patch extending as far as the 

 second interval stigma. 



A triangular, sutural patch, the base of the triangle reaching 

 the fifth interval vircjatus. 



The sutural black patch transverse, narrow and ascending the 

 suture for a short distance transversus. 



The sutural patch triangular, with the apex reaching the 

 modianpart dorsalis. 



The sutural patch not produced along the suture amhulans. 



Post-median patch bisinuate in the upper edge, reaching the 

 outer margin and sinuate on the posterior edge ; suture with a 

 narrow black band ; elytra a little ampliated behind gcntilis. 



External part of the post-median patch nearly obliterated, no 

 sutural narrow band ; elytra not ampliate behind mashunus. 



The sutural patch subtriangular, with the base of the triangle 

 reaching the fifth stria on each side simplex. 



The sutural patch spherical and reaching the fourth stria . . plausibilis. 



The sutural patch subtriangular, reaching the third stria . . signatus. 



The sutural patch cordiform, reaching the fourth stria . . . . cordiger. 



