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levissime deplanatus, punctis confertis ad latera, prsecipue postice 

 crassioribus rugulosisque obtectus ; scutellum apice fovea insculp- 

 tum ; elytra prothorace levissime at distincte latiora, quadruple 

 longiora, callo humerali leve, punctis rotundatis regulariter striatis 

 insculpta, interstitiis angustis, levibus, planis. 



Long, 4i— 5J mm. ; lat. 1 mm. 



Hah. Southern Ehodesia (Sebakwe). Delancey Dods. 



Gen. CALLISPA, Bal. 



Key to the South African Species of the Genus Callispa. 



A-. Prothorax red or yellowish red ; elytra black or blue. 



Head completely red ; prothorax with only a few round punctures 

 between the median part of the disk and the outer margin . . . . crrans. 



Conical part of head only, reddish ; prothorax covered all over with 



round punctures sebakue . 



A'. Whole body black. 



B-. Supra-lateral part of prothorax not impressed longitudinally. 



Prothorax almost evenly punctate all over, supra-lateral smooth 

 longitudinal space very indistinct amtraliit. 



Median part of prothorax sparingly punctate ; supra-lateral 



smooth longitudinal space very plain iimtalina. 



B'. Supra-lateral part of prothorax deeply impressed longitudinally. 



Median part of prothorax smooth but with a few seriate punc- 

 tures on each side of the median line, supra-lateral impressions 

 and sides very deeply punctate gestroi. 



Callispa errans, n. sp. 



Nigra, nitida, capite prothoraceque omnino nigris, elytrorum basi 

 nonnunquam breviter rufescente ; antennae prothoracis basim vix 

 excedentes, articulis coarctatis, 3-10 aequalibus, ultimo acuminato ; 

 caput impunctatum ; prothorax longitudine media tertio latior, 

 lateribus antice magis postice minus leviter arcuatis, basi ipsa 

 apice evidenter latiore, sub-deplanatus, in medio nonnihil con- 

 vexiusculus, utroque longe a marginibus lateralibus longitudinaliter 

 impressus, lateribus fere deplanatis punctis nonnullis irregularibus 

 profundis, remotis in impressiones atque in medium disci evidenti- 

 oribus sparsis ; scutellum impunctatum ; elytra fere parallelia, pone 

 humeros nonnihil sinuata, convexiuscula, profunde punctato striata, 

 stria juxta suturali, basi excepta baud punctata. 



