492 M. JACOBY 



verse groove and terminating into a blunt point between the 

 antennae, the latter pale fulvous, extending to the middle of the 

 elytra, the second and third joint small, equal, the others more 

 elongate; thorax more than twice as broad as long, widened 

 at the middle, the sides obliquely narrowed anteriorly, straight, 

 the basal margin sinuate at each side, produced at the middle, 

 the disc fulvous, very minutely and closely punctured, scutellum 

 obscure fulvous, elytra extremely closely and finely punctured 

 with rows of other rather larger punctures, the rows themselves 

 somewhat indistinct, black, the sides and apex narrowly fulvous ; 

 below pale fulvous , not perceptibly punctured ; posterior femora 

 strongly incrassate, their tibiae short, broadly dilated at the apex 

 and deeply sulcate, the apex produced into a long, stout point 

 and provided within with another strong spur, the first joint 

 of the posterior tarsi very elongate, claws appendiculate, pro- 

 sternum l)road, subquadrate, its surface concave, mesosternum 

 narrowly transverse, triangularly pointed anteriorly, metasternum 

 produced and truncate at the apex, anterior cotyloid cavities 

 open. 



Ighibirei, Bujakori, August. (Two specimens). 



GALERUCIN^ 

 29. Oides apicipeimis, sp. n. 



Flavous, the head, antennae and the abdomen black, thorax 

 very sparingly punctured, elytra extremely finely punctate, ful- 

 vous, the extreme apex black, legs fulvous, streaked with black. 

 . Var. Elytra and legs entirely fulvous. 



Length 8-9 millim. 



Head entirely impunctate, black, antennae extending to the 

 middle of the elytra, black, the third joint distinctly shorter 

 than the fourth, thorax short, rather more than twice as broad 

 as long, the sides evenly but not strongly rounded, the basal 

 margin sinuate at the sides, feebly produced at the middle, the 

 disc with a few very minute punctures, somewhat longitudinally 

 depressed at the middle, scutellum fiavous, elytra wider at the 



