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Family CHRYSOMELINJE. 



Sub-Family MEGALOPIN^. 

 Gen. PCECILOMOEPHA, Westw. 



PCECILOMORPHA GENTILIS, n. sp. 



Plate VI., fig. 1. 



Nigra abdomine Isete flavo ; caput ubique creberrime punctatum, 

 in medio frontis sub-impressum dein vertice tenuiter canaliculatum, 

 impressione frontali sparse albido pubescente ; prothorax longitu- 

 dine nonnihil latior, antice prope marginem manifeste contractus, 

 ad medium laterum subrotundato ampliatus, crebre punctulatus 

 maculis e pilis appressis albis sex formatis supra perspicue notatus, 

 laterumque medio albido piloso ; scutellum apice dense albo pilosum ; 

 elytra a basi postice gradatim attenuata, apice singulatim rotundata, 

 ad humeros callosa supra subdeplanata, haudc ostulata, creberrime 

 punctata, maculis pilosis albis quinque prima supra bumerali, secunda 

 tertia quartaque prope suturam seriatis alteraque dorsali post medium 

 sita extrorsum dueta, in singulo ornata ; abdomen subsparse, pectus 

 dense albo villosa ; femora postica valde dilatata, macula albida 

 extus notata ; pedes nigri albido pubescentes unguibus flavo rufes- 

 centibus. 



Long. 8 mm. ; lat. 4|- mm. 



This species is easily recognised by its vestiture from along its 

 South African congeners. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Umtata). Eev. F. C. Kolbe. 



PCECILOMORPHA GRAVASTELLA, n. Sp. 



Nigra, omnino dense griseo villosa, prothorace rufo testaceo macula 

 nigra quadrata media supra basim posita, elytris stramineis apice 

 flavescente sutura margine postica lateralique anguste nigris ; 

 antennae articulis basalibus tribus exceptis flavse, his nigris ; caput 

 conferte punctulatum, in medio frontis impressum, pube appressa 

 longa vertice rariore obtectum ; prothorax longitutidine tertio latior, 

 lateribus regulariter rotundato ampliatus, basi coarctatus, supra con- 

 vexus, punctis longe setiferis modice confertis obsitus ; scutellum 

 pilis albidioribus tectum ; elytra antice prothoracis latitudine 

 maxima, dein retrorsum oblique attenuata, apice basi fere dimidio 

 angustiora, baud costulata, punctis setam longam erectam ferentibus 



