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pro thorax, slightly impressed inwardly towards the shoulders ; 

 pygidium broadly triangular, rounded at apex, densely punctate but 

 more finely than on the elytra ; more sparingly hairy underneath ; 

 femora and knees infuscate ; anterior tibiae bi-dentate, the apical 

 tooth the longest but not strongly curved. 



Length 6*5-7 mm. ; width 3*2-4 mm. 



Hab. Zambesi Eiver (Boroma)." 



This species might prove to be a close ally of, if not identical with, 

 E. matabelena. 



Camenta (? Archocamenta) pilosa, Fahr., 

 Insect. Caffr., ii., p. 116. 



Male : This species, which resembles more in general facies an 

 Ablabera than a Camenta, is a small insect with infuscate or nearly 

 black head, the prothorax is also deeply infuscate in the anterior 

 part, but has a broad, brick-red band near the basal part, the 

 scutellum is black, the elytra almost stramineous but with a lateral 

 fuscous band ; the clypeus is gradually narrowed laterally, with the 

 angles moderately rounded, and the anterior part slightly sinuate in 

 the centre, the clypeal keel is sharp and the frontal suture plain, and 

 it is more deeply punctured than the head ; prothorax of the normal 

 shape, not deeply punctulate and fringed laterally with long, pallid, 

 but not densely set hairs ; scutellum feebly punctulate ; elytra with 

 only the first dorsal costule distinct, deeply punctured and somewhat 

 coriaceous especially along the fuscous border ; the antennal club of 

 the male is 6-jointed, and the fourth basal joint is plainly laminate 

 and acuminate, but short ; the anterior tibiae have only an apical 

 outer tooth. 



Length 5 mm. ; width 2J mm. 



According to Brenske the characteristics of Archocamenta are a 

 ■5-jointed antennal club in the male and uni-dentate anterior tibiae. 

 G. pilosa has the latter, but the antennal club is plainly 6-jointed. 



Hab. Mozambique (Eikatla). 



Camenta ventricosa, Bohem., 



Ofv. Vet.-Akad. Forh., 1860, p. 116. 



" Ovate, convex, piceous-black, shining, antennae and palpi testa- 

 ceous ; abdomen obscurely ferruginous ; head closely punctate, 

 transversely carinate before the median part ; prothorax very finely 

 and moderately closely punctate ; elytra not deeply, yet moderately 

 closely punctate, but more lightly and sparingly in the posterior 

 than in the anterior part, and having on each side two smooth, not 



