410 LEUCOCELIS FRANKl. 



epimera, outer margin of the posterior coxae and the two 

 apical segments of the abdomen red ; coarsely punctate and 

 strigose , with sparse grey hairs ; mesosternal process very 

 broad , truncate in front , a transverse impressed line with 

 a fringe of grey hairs at the apex. Legs black , very 

 coarsely punctured , with long grey hairs , anterior tibiae with 

 one lateral tooth and the apex acute. — Length 9 — 12 mm. 



Ovampo , S. W. Africa. 



The three specimens in the Leyden Museum , one of 

 which has been kindly ceded to me, exhibit considerable 

 variation as regards colour and size, the smaller specimen 

 having the thorax and elytra red-yellow tinged with green , 

 the margins and apex of the latter are bright green and 

 the central spot on the thorax is elongated and extends 

 from the apical margin to the basal transverse mark ; the 

 number and size of the white spots on the elytra varies 

 in all the specimens and differ on the two sides of the 

 same individual. 



This species appears to be allied to L. triliturata Que- 

 denf., but apart from the difference in colour and mark- 

 ings it has the head more coarsely punctured, the sides 

 of the clypeus more strongly reflexed, the thorax nar- 

 rower at the base with the angles more rounded and the 

 punctuation less dense , the elytra shorter and broader at 

 the apex with the interstices less convex, the pygidium 

 more sparsely punctured and narrower at the apex and the 

 mesosternal process shorter and more truncate in front. 



Charadronota cu r v at a, n. sp. 



(ƒ . Head yellow , the base black, margins of the clypeus 

 pitchy , antennae red-brown ; strongly punctured , the punc- 

 tures coarser and confluent towards the apex , the base with 

 a transverse impression on each side, sides of the clypeus 

 rounded and elevated, the apex emarginate between the 

 prominent lateral angles. Thorax yellow with two sub-tri- 

 angular black spots placed obliquely on each side of the 



J^otes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. X. 



