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.and the fourth joint of the anterior tarsi is less dilated in 

 L. inedita. 



Length 5^- mm. ; width 2^ mm. 



Hab. Southern Ehodesia (Salisbury). G. A. K. Marshall. 



LEBIA EVICTA, n. sp. 



Head and abdomen black ; antennae fuscous, but with the three 

 basal joints flavescent ; pro thorax and legs testaceous-red ; elytra 

 testaceous-red but having a very large black patch invading the 

 whole of the posterior part for more than half the area, and pro- 

 longed as a narrow, long triangle along the suture almost to the apex 

 of the scutellum ; prothorax twice as broad as long, rounded laterally 

 in front, slightly sinuate above the sharp basal angle, finely aciculate- 

 plicate; elytra oblong, rounded at the shoulders, very highly costate; 

 apical tarsal joint of fore legs, short, deeply incised. 



A close ally of L. inodesta, Bohem., in which, however, the head is 



brick-red, the prothorax not quite as long, and the elytra black with 



an elongated yellowish patch extending on the 4-6 costa? from the 



base to the median part, and the abdomen is red instead of black 



.as in L. evicta. 



Length 7 ram. ; width 3^ mm. 



Hab. Southern Rhodesia (Salisbury). G. A. K. Marshall. 

 .(Umtali.) A. Bodong. 



GEN. METALLICA, Chaucl. 



UMGENIA, Pering. 

 METALLICA MASHUNENSIS, n. sp. 



Brownish-red, moderately shining, and with faint traces of a 

 greenish sheen in the median dorsal part of the elytra, antennae with 

 the exception of the basal joint which is reddish, and tarsi black ; 

 head strongly striate along the eyes, wrinkled longitudinally on the 

 vertex, and with a few scattered punctures on the neck ; prothorax 

 rounded and slightly ampliated laterally, moderately deeply sinuate 

 above the reflexed basal part, very faintly plicate transversely, and 

 having a very slight median longitudinal line ; elytra sub-parallel, 

 but plainly sinuate laterally, punctato-striate with the intervals 

 convex and tectiform in the anterior median dorsal part, and plainly 

 punctulate, there are three punctures on the third, two posterior 

 ones on the fifth, and numerous ones on the seventh interval. 



Doubtless allied to M. purpuripennis, Chd. (known to me from 

 the description only), which is brown, the elytra metallic purple with 



