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C=. Antennae reaching the median part of the prothorax. 



Prothorax very sparingly punctate, punctures shallow . . iiatalensis. 



Antennse not reaching the median part of the prothorax. 



Prothorax closely punctate, the punctures especially 



rugose on the posterior part of the sides sehakuena. 



A'. Elytra black like the rest of the body. 



B'. Anterior angles of the prothorax not rounded, projecting, 

 frontal part of head not grooved longitudinally. 



C. Antenna not reaching the median part of the prothorax 

 body very linear. 



Prothorax sinuate past the median lateral part, punctures 



deep, very closely set gracilis. 



Prothorax not sinuate past the median lateral part, punc- 

 tures both on the prothorax and on the elytra much finer sobrina. 



Leptispa sobrina, n. sp. 



Angustissima, tota nigra, modice nitida ; antennae breves, articulis 

 ultimis tribus nonnihil pubescentibus ; caput punctis profundis spatio 

 angusto divisis crebre obtectum ; prothorax antice perparum lateraliter 

 attenuatus, at baud rotundatus lateribus rectis hand sinuatis, angulis 

 anticis posticisque acuminatis, illis productis, in disco vix convexius- 

 culus, ad latera utrinque modice deplanatus, punctis rotunda tis pro- 

 fundis intervallo angusto separatis crebre obsitus ; scutellum apice 

 foveolatum ; elytra elongata, prothorace basi leviter angustiora, quad- 

 ruplo longiora, regulariter, modice profunde punctato striata, inter- 

 stitiis angustis planis, levibns. 



Long. 4f mm. ; lat. 1 mm. 



In general facies and slenderness this species resembles L. gracilis, 

 P6r., but in the latter the prothorax is plainly sinuate laterally, and 

 the punctures are very much deeper. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Transkei, Kentani). Miss A. Peggler. 



Leptispa sebakuena, n. sp. 

 Praecedenti nonnihil latior verumtamen angusta; nigra, sub-nitida, 

 elytris obscure cyaneo nigris ; antennae breves, articulis ultimis 

 tribus brevissime pubescentibus ; caput in medio frontis antice 

 longitudinaliter canaliculatus, parte postica laxe punctulata ; pro- 

 thorax apice lateraliter rotundato attenuatus, angulis baud pro- 

 minulis, pone medium laterum nonnihil sinuatus angulis posticis 

 acuminatis, supra vix convexiusculus sed ad apicem utrinque 



