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Show 574 MR. M. JACOBY ON T H E [May 18, trigonate, labrum black; antennae extending below the middle of the elytra, fulvous, the second joint rather short, the third one-half longer; thorax more than twice as broad as long, the sides rounded, the anterior angles oblique, the disc extremely finely and closely punctured ; elytra nearly similarly sculptured, pale fulvous, with a sutural fovea below tbe base, each elytron with ten or twelve larger and smaller round black spots, which extend from before the middle obliquely towards the suture, forming two more or less regular rows, the outer one placed near the lateral margin, but varying in position and number of spots on each elytron, their epipleuras broad and extending below the middle; the breast piceous, rest of tbe underside and the legs fulvous. Hab. Africa, Niger-Benue Expedit. (Staudinger). M y collection. Closely allusd to C. irregularis, Bits, (inconstans, Duviv.), but of only half the size, the antennae entirely fulvous, most of the elytral spots larger, the elytra with a sutural fovea, and the metatarsus of the hind legs longer than the following joints together. CANDEZEA VARIOPENNIS, n. sp. (Plate XXXIV. figs. 9, 10.) Black, the basal joints of the antennae and the anterior legs fulvous ; sides of the thorax nearly straight, the disc closely punctured, fulvous or black ; elytra fulvous, spotted or striped with black, or entirely black with the apex fulvous. Var. a. Elytra with two black narrow stripes, abbreviated behind. Var. h. The elytral stripes more or less connected and extending to the suture and the margins. Var. c. Elytra fulvous, with two black stripes connected below tbe middle. Var. d. Elytra entirely black, the apex fulvous. Var. e. Head and thorax fulvous ; elytra black, the apex fulvous. Length 2 lines. This is one of the most variable species in regard to coloration that has come under my observation ; but as I am quite unable to find any structural differences I have no doubt about the identity of all the forms before me. The head is minutely granulate, either black or fulvous, with the frontal elevations oblique and moderately raised: the antennas extending to the middle of the elytra, black, the lower four joints flavous, second and third joints short, equal in the male, subequal in the female ; thorax at least twice as broad as long, narrowed anteriorly, the sides straight, the anterior angles slightly thickened, the posterior ones distinct, the basal margin moderately rounded at the middle, the surface very closely impressed wdth small and slightly larger punctures ; scutellum black ; elytra, extremely closely punctured, the punctures larger than those of the thorax, the interstices slightly rugose, the colour either entirely fulvous or with the following markings :- Var. a. Each elytron with two narrow black stripes, one near the suture, narrowed at the middle, the other near the lateral |