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punctures arranged in very closely approached rows near the suture, 

 larger and irregularly placed near the sides, with the interstices at 

 that place transversely rugose, below aeneous or greenish, the legs 

 flavous. 



Hah. Bahr el Ghazal (Belgian Mus. and my collection). 



The femora are rather strongly incrassate and their 

 teeth are extremely small, the rugose interstices of the sides 

 of the elytra is further characteristic of this genus and not 

 found in the allied genera. 



Himerida clavareaui, sp. n. 



Broadly ovate and convex, aeneous or cupreous, densely spotted with 

 white scales, antennae black, thorax and elytra variegated with white 

 and fulvous scales and hairs. 



Length 6 millim. 



Head closely covered with white scales, antennae extending to the 

 base of the elytra, black, the basal joint clothed with white scales, 

 the following five joints short, submoniliform, shining, the terminal 

 joints more elongate, thickened, opaque ; thorax transverse, strongly 

 narrowed anteriorly, the lateral margins obsolete, the surface closely 

 covered with white scales and fulvous hairs, scutellum pentagonal, 

 similarly pubescent, elytra cupreous like the rest of the surface, the 

 white scales forming numerous small patches and transverse bands, 

 the interstices clothed with fulvous bristle-like hairs, below and the 

 legs similarly pubescent, the femora dentate, claws bifid. 



Hab. Luitpoldkette, Africa orient. (Belgian Mus. and 

 my collection). 



Of this handsome species I received several specimens 

 from Mons. Clavareau ; the cupreous ground colour and the 

 numerous white elytral spots consisting of scales will dis- 

 tinguish the insect at first sight. 



Macctes varicgatus, sp. n. 



Dark seneous, clothed with white pubescence, the antennae, tibiae 

 and tarsi fulvous, thorax finely and closely punctured, with three 

 bands of whitish hairs, elytra of similar punctuation with transverse 

 bands and spots of whitish pubescence, femora dark cupreous the 

 anterior and posterior ones strongly dentate. 



Length 5 millim. 



Head finely and rather closely punctured, aeneous or more or less 



