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similaily punctured; bel.iw nud tlie legs fulvous, tlie tibiae iiiul 

 tavsi more or less stained with hlack as well as the claws. 



Hab. Ikutba (Africa or.), my collection. 



The punctuation nf this spccies is quite distinct from tliat 

 of P. africana Chaj). aiui the general coloration is dark fulvous 

 and Shilling; it cannot l)e identlcal wilh P. nigripes Weise as 

 tbat spccies is described with entirely black antennae and legs 

 and a strongly punctured iipper surfaec. P. collaris Weise dißers 

 in having rouiided sides of the thorax and the same parts rugosely 

 punctured. Physoma hrunnea Weise resembles somewhat the 

 present species but has slender, not robust antennae and the 

 elytra nuicli more closely and finely punctured. 



Galerucidae. 



Oides sublaevipennis sp. n. 



Broadly ovate, black, ubove obscure testaceous. shining, 

 thorax extreniely tinely and remotely punctured, elytra not more 

 strongly but more closely and irregulär]}- punctate. 



Length 12—13 mill. 



Head impunctate, the frontal clevations transverse, strongly 

 raised and oblique, joined to the clypeus, the latter broad and 

 impunctate, antennae sliort and robust, black, the basal two 

 joinls testaceous, the third and Ibllowing joints about twice as 

 long as broad; thorax nearly three times broader than long, tlic 

 sides rather strongly rouiidcd, narrowed near the apex, the 

 anterior angles blunt, the surface extremely minutely and rather 

 sparingly punctured, with a doep oblique groove at cach side 

 near the lateral margins, scutellum broad, with a few j)unctures 

 or impuurtate, elytra widened at the middle, .'carcely more 

 strongly but more closely punctured than the thorax; below and 

 the legs black, clothed with line yellowish ])ubescence. 



Hab. Abbeokuta, Africa. 



This sj)ecies is so clt^scly ailied to 0. fcmtginea Fab. that 

 I am somewhat doubtful aliout its spccilic distinction, 1 have 



Sfulf. eiitoniol. Zoit. 1903. 



