248 Mr. O. E. Janson's Notices of 



shn,ll(iw depressions placed obliquely on each side of tlic disc ; 

 black, slightly shining, the two basal depressions (and sometimes 

 the central two) with a small white spot. 



Sciiielbim mnch produced and very acute at the apex, longi- 

 tudinally impressed ; black. 



Elytra Avith the suture and two carinas oa each moderately 

 elevated, the interstices Avith irregulaidy coarsely pimctate stride 

 and scattered fine punctures, the sides and apex Avith confluent 

 punctures, a large shallow depression behind the scutellum and 

 a smaller deeper one on the shoulders ; pitchy-black, shining, 

 fourteen small Avhite spots on each, arranged thus, one on the 

 basal margin, one in the humeral depression, four along the 

 suture, tAvo betAveen the carinas, tAvo outside the outer carina 

 and four along the lateral margin. 



Pjigidhnn closely and irregularly strigose, sparsely pubescent ; 

 2)itchy-black, several small spots at the base and a larger one on 

 each side, close to the margin, Avhite. 



Beneath and legs strigose, shining black with sparse golden 

 pubescence ; abdomen with transverse roAvs of coarse j^unctures, 

 a small Avhite spot at the sides of the four basal segments ; 

 mesosternal process short, finely punctured, rounded at the 

 apex ; anterior tibia? with three obtuse lateral teeth, the upper 

 one almost obsolete, the apical one long. 



Lake Nyassa. 



Allied to G. permnians^ Burm., 1)ut very distinct. A fcAV 

 specimens taken by Mr. F. A. Simons near Liviugstouia, arc the 

 only ones I have seen. 



Lomaptera yorldana (Thorns.), n. sp. 



L. laete viiidis, nitida; thorace lateribus medio sub-explanatis, 

 teuuiter jiarce punctatis ; pygidio medio transA'ersim acute 

 carinato. Long. 25-27 mm. 



Bright green very shining. 



Head sparsely punctured at the base, the punctures finer and 

 very dense at the apex ; sides of the clypeus straight scarcely 

 elevated, obliquely narroAved in fi'ont, the apical points acute, 

 the emargination deep and triangular ; antennas black tinged 

 Avith green, the apex reddish. 



Thorax convex, broad, the sides almost straight for about tAvo 

 thirds from the base, thence abruptly narroAved, anterior margin 

 .slightly produced oA^er the head, posterior lobe large, nearly 



