S'pecies of African Haltidnte and Galcrucinx. 25 



Physonydiis heiraensis, sp. n. (Plate III, fig. 6.) 



Testaceous, the head strongly, the thorax finely punctured, elytra 

 purplish or bluish on a testaceous ground, very closely punctured, 

 the punctures of the same size as those of the thorax, tibiae and tarsi 

 more or less fuscous. Length 5| millim. 



Elongate and parallel, the head very strongly and closely punc- 

 tured, antennae rather long, the terminal joints gradually thickened, 

 basal joint rather thicker in the male than in the female, second 

 joint short, third and fourth equal, terndnal joints rather strongly 

 thickened, thorax of usual shape, the sides broadly flattened, nearly 

 straight, the surface transversely sulcate near the base, rather closely 

 and finely punctured, testaceous, scutellum subquadrate, testaceous, 

 impunctate ; elytra longitudinally depressed within the shoulders 

 and near the lateral margins at the middle, purplish, with the 

 testaceous ground colour showing through, very closely and finely 

 but very distinctly punctured, under-side and legs rather darker 

 than the thorax, finely pubescent, the posterior femora strongly 

 incrassate, their tibia3 entire, clawjoint strongly swollen. 



Hah. Beiea (P. A. Sheppard). 



Of this species, which seems closely allied to P. wismanni, 

 Weise, I have received three specimens from Mr. Sheppard ; 

 the differences are to be found in the distinctly punctured 

 thorax and the colour of the elytra in the present species, 

 the sculpturing of the head is also much stronger than in 

 Weise's insect. P. dohrni, Jac, is much larger and has 

 green and rugosely punctured elytra. 



Torodcra fasciata, Weise (Wiegm. Arch, f. Naturg. 

 1902, 164). 



There is not much doubt that my Amphiinda ornata 

 (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1895) is identical with Weise's 

 species. The author describes the anterior coxal cavities 

 as open, but errs in this respect, they are certainly closed 

 in ray specimen, and there is I think no reason to separate 

 the genus from Amplmiicla on the strength of this species, 

 the description of which as given by Weise agrees in every 

 detail with my type. 



Torodcra ^-maculata, Weise. 



I possess this species from Tsipango and Malvern in 

 Natal, and formerly looked upon it as a variety of 

 Ampliimcla ornata ; I find however that in this species, at 



