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Valgus discussed, and 6 new species described; Kraatz, l. c. pp. 373-379. 
V. hemipterus , Linn., noticed ; Fallou, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) iii. p. lxii. 
New genera and species : — 
Ptychodesthes , Kraatz & Van Lansberge, Deutsche E. Z. xxvii. pp. 319 & 
391. Allied to Ileterorrhina ; elytra margined, hind tibiae unidentate, 
clypeus square. Types, II. alternata , Klug, bicostata , Schaum, and gra- 
tiosa, Ancey. 
Thaumastopeos , Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. xxvii. p. 27. Allied to Ischio- 
psopha ; forceps indented at the sides. Type, I. mohnichii , Thoms. 
Rhynchocephala , Fairmaire, Le Nat. v. p. 365. Allied to Doryscelis. 
Type, R. hildebranclti , sp. n., ibid., Madagascar. 
Anectoma, Gerstaecker, MT. Vorpomm. xiv. p. 21. Allied to Gly- 
cyphana , Ganetis , Discopeltis, and Elaphinis , but differs from all by the 
transverse clypeus, the front margin of which is truncated and reflexed. 
Type, A. squamipes , sp. n., 1. c. p. 22, Camaroons. 
Tetrarhabdotis, Kraatz, l. c. p. 388. Allied to Leucocelis ; scutellum 
comparatively large and slightly convex, as is also the pygidium ; elytra 
nearly smooth, with only four stripes; front tibiae tridentate. Type, 
T. nigra , sp. n., 1. c. p. 389, Congo. 
Diphrontis , Gerstaecker, l. c. p. 26. Intermediate between * Diplognatha , 
Porphyronota , Eriulis, and Cliaradronota. Type, D. cruenta , sp. n., 1. c. 
p. 27, Camaroons. 
Niphetophora , Kraatz, l. c. p. 384. Allied to Porphyronota. Type, 
N. maculipes , sp. n., 1. c. p. 385, Transvaal. 
Microvalgus. id. 1. c. p. 374. Allied to Valgus ; to include small Aus- 
tralian species, with the thorax smooth above, and the scutellum much 
larger than in Valgus. Type, V. lapeyrousii , Gory & Perch. ; add V. 
castaneipennis and nigrinus , Macl. 
Asthenorrhina dohrni (== turneri, $ , Dohrn, nec Westw.), Monrovia, and 
buchholzi, Camaroons, Gerstaecker, MT. Vorpomm. xiv. pp. 9 & 10. 
Rhomborrhina olivacea , O. E. Janson, Cist. Ent. iii. p. 63, North China; 
R. gigantea , Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. xxvii. p. 380, locality not stated. 
Tmesorrhina ( Eccoptocnemis ) superba , Gerstaecker, l. c. p. 12, Quango. 
Ileterorrhina dohrni , Van Lansberge, Notes Leyd. Mus. v. p. 20, Nias. 
Rhinocceta minor , Kraatz, l. c. p. 390, S. Africa. 
Plectrone lugubris, 0. E. Janson, l. c. p. 63, Borneo. 
Macronota sannio , id. 1. c. p. 64, Travancore. 
Coptomia hildebrandti , p. 381 , castanescens and iridoides , p. 382, Kraatz, 
l. c., Madagascar. 
Gnathocera trivialis , Gerstaecker, l. c. p. 25, Malimbe, W. Africa ; 
G. costata , Ancey, Nat. Sicil. ii. p. 95, Usagara. 
Elaphinis simillima , id. 1. c. p. 94, Abyssinia. 
Discopeltis capucina , Gerstaecker, l. c. p. 20, Camaroons. 
Stephanucha pilipennis, Kraatz, l. c. p. 384, Nebraska. 
Oxythyrea biskrensis , Fairmaire, C.R. ent. Belg. xxvii. p. xliii., Biskra. 
Leucoscelis semicuprea, Kraatz. 1. c. p. 387, Congo. 
Cetonia nigro-cenea and cyanescens , id. 1. c. pp. 343 & 344, Osch. 
Pseudinea dichroa , Gerstaecker, l. c. p. 30, Camaroons. 
