Phytophagous Coleoptera from various regions. ^7 



Hah. New Guinea. 



Although this species differs somewhat from the typical forms 

 in the absence of the elytral epipleurae except at the base, the 

 bifid claws and general shape and the sulcate thorax agree with 

 Hoplasoma, from any of the species of which H. metallica 

 entirely differs in its metallic coloration ; the specimen was 

 obtained by Colonel Sayer. 



Cneorane foveicollis, n. sp. 



Head, the apical joints of the antennae, femora and tibiae fulvous ; thorax 

 pale fulvous, with a fovea anteriorly ; elytra flavous, the suture and three 

 longitudinal stripes on each elytron, as weU as the breast, black. ^ . Antennae 

 with the apical joints strongly dilated. Length, 2 — 2i lines. 



^ . Head impunctate, the frontal tubercles strongly raised ; antennae not 

 extending to half the length of the elytra, black, the basal and the six apical 

 joints fulvous, the latter gradually and broadly dilated ; thorax about one- 

 half broader than long, the sides strongly rounded, the surface closely and 

 finely punctured with a triangular depression at the middle near the anterior 

 margin ; scutelltmi black ; elytra extremely finely and closely punctured, 

 flavoiTs, the suture narrowly black ; each elytron with three longitudinal 

 stripes not extending to the apex, the inner one the shortest and commencing 

 at the middle, the two outer ones joined at the base ; breast black ; legs 

 rufous, tarsi black ; the abdomen fulvous. 



Hab. South Africa. 



The dilated joints of the antennae in the male, and their 

 colour, as well as the colour of the underside and legs, separate 

 this species from C. lineata, Wiedem., with which it agrees in the 

 thoracic fovea and the pattern of the elytra. 



LUPERUS AFRICANUS, n. Sp. 



Pale testaceous, finely pubescent ; the antennae, a spot at the vertex, the 

 sides and a central band of the thorax, the lateral and sutural margins of the 

 elytra, and the knees and tarsi, black ; thorax and elytra finely pubescent, 

 impunctate. Length, 1^ — If line. 



Head rather swollen, clothed with fine silvery pubescence, a triangular 

 spot at the vertex black ; eyes large ; the antennae longer than the body in 

 the male, black, the two or three basal joints sometimes flavous, the third 

 joint double as long as the second, the fourth and the two following joints 

 slightly curved ; thorax scarcely broader than long, the sides nearly straight, 

 the angles not prominent, the posterior ones somewhat obliquely cut, the 

 surface covered with fine silky pubescence, testaceous, the sides and the 

 middle with a narrow longitudinal black band ; scutellum black ; elytra 

 pubescent, like the thorax, the sutural and lateral margins narrowly black ; 

 underside and legs testaceous, the femora (especially the posterior ones) 

 rather robust, their apex black ; tibiae with a distinct spine ; the first joint 

 of the posterior tarsi as long as the three following joints together ; claws 

 appendiculate ; anterior coxal cavities open. 



Hab. South Africa. 



Of this interesting little species, in which the pubescence of 

 the upper surface obscures any punctuation, I received some 

 specimens from the Museum at Cape Town. 



