696 COLEOPTEBA COLLECTED IX EAST AFRICA— LINELL. vol.xviii. 



a deuser puuctnatiou. Scutellum red, sparsely puiictulate, large, 

 nearly twice broader than long. Elytra black, with red margin, pnuc- 

 tares with serial arraugemeut only posteriorly near the suture; a 

 rugose impression at base between the humeral umbone and scutellum. 

 Ventral surface red, propectus and episterna of metathorax blackish; 

 legs black. 



Type. — Xo. 33, U.S.K.M. One example, Jombene Eauge. Length, 

 8 mm. 



ASPIDOMORPHA MACULICOLLIS, new species. 



jSTearly circular, moderately convex, shining, pale testaceous above. 

 Antenna' ferruginous, with the last four joints black. Legs ferrugi- 

 nous, anterior femora with a black spot at base. Head black, with a 

 yellow frontal spot. Thorax beneath black, ^vith a testaceous spot at 

 tip of prosteruum and a transverse band of same color on the metaster- 

 num and its epimera. Abdominal segments testaceous, with black 

 apical margins and brownish clouds toward the sides. Thorax slightly 

 produced anteriorly at middle, impunctate, with four black spots, oue 

 semicircular on the disk above the head, one transverse spot at the 

 scutellum, and a narrow transverse stripe each side of the base. Elytra 

 irregularly moderately i)unctate on the disk, hardly gibbous, deeply 

 impressed each side of scutellum. Lateral margin very wide, obsoletely 

 reticulate, edge narrowly retiexcd. A narrow stripe from the umbone 

 to the anterior angle and the suture toward apex, black. 



Type. — Xo. 34, U.S.N.M. One example, Jombene Eange. Length, 

 15 mm. 



LACCOPTERA FERRUGINEA, new species. 



Slightly oval, pale ferruginous, subopaque. Last antenna! joint black. 

 Thorax obsoletely i)roduced at apex, fiuely rugose; explanate margin 

 rugosely reticulate, finely bordered. Elyti-a coarsely and densely, 

 rugosely punctate, moderately convex, sliglitly impressed at the scu- 

 tellum and behind the humeri; umbones nearly obsolete. Ventral 

 surface more shining, impunctate. Legs annulate with reddish fer- 

 ruginous, claws brown. 



Type. — No. 35, U.S.N.M. One example, Jombene Range. Length, 

 7 mm. 



EPISTICTIA QUADRIPUNCTATA, new species. 



Elongate, oval, somewhat shining, finely pubescent, testaceous. 

 Antennae, mandibles, trochanters, knees, and tarsi shining black. 

 Head largely exposed, subopaque, channeled, rugosely punctate, with 

 two black spots on the vertex. Thorax twice broader than long, apex 

 at middle and base at sides nearly straight; sides broadly dejjlanate, 

 convergent from base and slightly rounded, very finely margined; 

 anterior angles promiuct, obtuse at tip; posterior angles acutely rec- 

 tangular; basal lobe about one-fourth of width of base, broadly rouuded^ 



