s RIJKS MUSEUM VAN NATUURLIJKE HISTORIE — LEIDEN. 237 



pp Tarsi fulvous fulviiarsis Rits. 



pp' Tarsi dark pitchy brown difficilis Rits. 



African species. 



A Pronotum bicolorous (black and fulvous). 



B Disk of pronotum with one black vitta. Basal 

 half of elytra fulvous, apical half black. 



C Elytral interstices flat or nearly flat, the 7 tû 

 interstice more or less strongly raised in the <ƒ. 



D Fulvous basal half of elytra without black spot ; 

 the apices of the elytra in the Q pointed, without 

 a suturai tooth. 



E The apices of the elytra in the J but slightly 

 prolonged, in the cT broadly rounded ; 7 tn ely- 

 tral interstice in the çf strongly raised . . guineensis Rits. 



E' The apices of the elytra in the Ç more strongly 

 prolonged, in the cf more narrowly rounded ; 

 7 th - elytral interstice in the cT but slightly raised Sjöstedfi Rits. var. 



D' Fulvous basal half of elytra with one or two 

 black spots on each elytron. 



F One black spot on each elytron. 



Gr The black spot situated in the basal half of 

 the fulvous portion and placed between the 3 rd 

 and 4 th striae. 



H Apices of elytra in the 9 pointed, without a 

 suturai tooth, in the (f rather narrowly round- 

 ed; basal ventral segment in the cT with a 

 small hairy spot in the middle Sjöstedtl Rits. ') 



H' Apices of elytra in the Ç obliquely truncate 

 between the 3 rd interstice and the suture and 

 with a small suturai tooth; (cT unknown) . a f ricana OllifP. 



Gr 7 The black spot situated in the apical half of 

 the fulvous portion and placed between the 4 th 

 and 5 th striae Lujae Rits. 



F' Two black spots on each elytron .... Ferrant i Rits. 



1) When describing the male sex of this species (Notes Leyd. Mus. Vol. XXV, p. 16±), 

 I have overlooked the following characteristic: the middle of the metasternum bears on both 

 sides of the median line a linear streak of erect rufous stiff hairs. 



These hairs are also discernable ia the male of Helot a gnineensis Kits., but in this species 

 they seem to be less numerous. I have failed to find these hairs in Ilelota Lujae Kits, and 

 Terranti Rits. 



