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the short prothorax, which is slightly broader than long in the 

 female, about equal in the male, not rounded laterally, deeply and 

 closely punctate and with a very faint, median longitudinal smooth 

 line, the sculpture, however, is hidden by the appressed pubescence ; 

 the five penultimate antennal joints are obconic rather than trans- 

 verse in both the sexes, and slightly less closely set in the male, the 

 ultimate one is turbinate in both, and hardly longer in the male than 

 in the female ; scutellum densely pubescent ; elytra somewhat 

 quadrate in the anterior part, ampliated laterally in the posterior 

 where they are one-fourth wider than across the base, closely punc- 

 tate and with a network of transverse, smooth folds, irregularly 

 interrupted and forming thus smooth raised, pustule-like spots. 



This species is easily distinguished by its short appearance and 

 the pustule-like raised spots on the elytra. 



Length 6| 7^ mm. ; width 2f- 34- mm. 



Hab. Mozambique (Beira). P. A. Sheppard. 



LAGRIA MASHUNA, n. sp. 



Male : Black, with a metallic tinge, elytra bronze-green, the five 

 basal antennal joints bronze black, the others black, the whole sur- 

 face clothed with a very dense, appressed, greyish-flavescent pubes- 

 cence ; head and prothorax foveolate-punctate ; antennas somewhat 

 short, with the joints sixth to eighth moniliform, ninth to tenth 

 much more broadly transverse than the preceding ; eleventh pyri- 

 form and nearly twice the length of the penultimate ; prothorax 

 one-third broader than long, slightly rounded laterally, a little 

 narrower at the base than across the apex, and faintly impressed 

 above the centre of the base ; elytra sub-parallel for half the length, 

 very little ampliated in the posterior part, deeply and closely punc- 

 tate, the punctures separated by narrow, raised, but smooth lines, 

 the costules quite indistinct ; under side and legs pubescent. 



Length 7^-9^ mm. ; width 3i-4^ mm. 



The shape of this species is not unlike that of L. rillosa, and it 

 evidently belongs to the same group, but the sculpture of the pro- 

 thorax is different, and the last antennal joints are more moniliform, 

 and consequently less broadly transverse in L. villosa. 



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



LAGRIA RHODESIANA, n. sp. 



Bronze-green, brighter on the upper than on the under side, and 

 covered with a long, erect, yellow pubescence, more densely disposed 



