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Show 1900.] FROM SOUTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA. 209 when seen under a strong lens, fulvous, shining, the sides with a broad, slightly curved black band, not extending to the anterior margin ; scutellum scarcely longer than broad, its apex rounded ; elytra very slightly narrowed towards the apex, very finely punctured in closely approached irregular rows, the lateral lobes broadly rounded and moderately produced, the colour a pale flavous or yellowish white, the suture narrowly black ; this colour widened towards the apex, where it is transversely connected with another broad longitudinal band which commences at the base, but does not extend to the apex nor to the lateral margins ; abdomen and legs flavous, all the tibiae with a black stripe at the outer edge of their apical portion ; tarsi rather broad and short, the first joint slightly longer than the second. Hab. Umcheki River, Mashonaland (G. Marshall); also Moliro, Congo (Belgian Mus.). Of this very distinct species four specimens are before me, which agree in every respect; there is no other genus, except perhaps Melitonoma, where the species could find a more suitable place, on account of the rounded sides and posterior thoracic angles and the short tarsi, which best agree with Damia; the anterior legs are also rather longer thau the others, as is the case with the other species placed in this genus. The present one is, however, much larger and resembles much in the coloration and pattern certain species of Peploptera; the black transverse band at the head will at once help in its recognition. CAMPTOLENES PUBIFRONS, sp. n. Black, the head strongly pubescent; thorax strongly but remotely punctured, black, the anterior portion and part of the sides flavous; elytra strongly and irregularly punctured, flavous, an angular band before and another narrow one below the middle, black; legs fulvous. Mas. Mandibles long and robust, deeply concave, the right one curved ; the anterior legs very elongate as well as their tarsi. Fern. Mandibles and legs normal. Length 7-8 millim. Head broad, black, clothed with long yellowish hairs, the epistome not separated, its anterior edge truncate ; antennae short, the fourth and following joints transverse, black, the basal joint fulvous ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides nearly straight, rounded at the posterior angles, the base with a depression at each side, the basal margin moderately produced at the middle, the surface irregularly and strongly punctured, black, the anterior third portion and the sides flavous, somewhat thickened ; scutellum black ; elytra strongly and irregularly punctured, the interstices slightly rugose, longitudinally costate near the apex, flavous, with a transverse narrow black band placed before the middle and extending upwards at the shoulders to the base, and another more irregular angulate band situated at a little distance from the apex ; below black, finely pubescent; legs piceous, the anterior tibiae and |