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rude, subconfertim profunde punctatis ; scutellum impunctatum ; 

 elytra prothorace quarto longiora, parte juxta suturali excepta baud 

 striata, in dorso punctis profundis ad latera fossulatis scrobiculatisque 

 seriatis obsita ; sternum profunde abdomen vix punctulatum. 



Long. 5 mm. ; lat. 2h mm. 



Hah. Soutbern Ehodesia (Umtali). A. Bodong. 



Gen. DISTOLACA, Bal. 



DiSTOLACA AMOENA, H. Sp. 



Tota cyanea, nitida, glabra, antennis pedibusque obscurioribus ; 

 caput vix punctulatum ; prothorax fere parallelus, basi autem apice 

 nonnibil latior, latitudine duplo longior, supra deplanatus, rude 

 scrobiculato punctatus, ruga longitudinally media levi conspicua 

 alteraque breviori, minus distincta utrinque sita in medium disci 

 praeditus; scutellum latum, impunctatum ; elytra prothorace nonnibil 

 latiora, quadruplice longiora, humeris callosis, late profundeque 

 alveolatis, alveolis rotundatis, catenatis, in seriebus quatuor dis- 

 positis, costulis dorsalibus duabus antice sinuatis, postice magis 

 distinctis, tertiaque laterali acuta divisis, alveolis dorsalibus mar- 

 ginalibus latioribus, sutura anguste elevata ; abdomen leve ; sternum 

 sparse punctatum ; pedes profunde punctati. 



Long. 5-6 mm. ; lat. li-1^ mm. 



Hab. Natal (Malvern), C. N. Barker. Soutbern Ehodesia (Zam- 

 besi Falls), T. Ayres. 



There is a slight difference in the shape of the smooth raised parts 

 of the median part of the disk of the prothorax between Natal 

 examples and those from the banks of the Zambesi, but not enough 

 to separate the two. 



Gen. DACTYLISPA, Weis. 



Dactylispa vekecunda, n. sp. 



Pallide flava, glabra, nitida ; prothorace elytrisque nigro maculatis ; 

 antennae nigrae articulis apicalibus duobus flavescentibus, crassius- 

 culae, articulis a secundo gradatim incrassatis, modice coarctatis, 7° 

 latitudine vix longiore, 8-10 latitudine longitudine asquantibus, 

 ultimo praecedenti longiore apice acute acuminate ; caput acicu- 

 latum ; prothorax transversus, deplanatus profunde rugosus fere 

 subscrobiculatus, antice utrinque spinis duabus divaricatis stipite 

 communi, singula denticulo brevi laterali antrorsum retrorsumque 

 munita, armatus, ad latera lobatus, lobo 3-spinoso, spinis divaricatis, 

 prima simplice, secunda ad medium retrorsum denticulata, tertia 



