Species of African HaUicinm and Galerucinx. 43 



Monolejpta heiriensis, sp. n. 



Narrowly elongate, rufous, tliorax strongly transverse, finely 

 punctured, elytra dark metallic-blue, extremely closely and more 

 strongly punctured than the thorax. Length 5 millim. 



Head finely strigose at the vertex, rufous, frontal elevations broadly 

 transverse, nearly contiguous, eyes very large, the lower six joints of 

 the antennye flavous, the others wanting, the second and third joint 

 short ; thorax more than twice as broad as long, the sides rather 

 strongly rounded, with a narrow margin, the anterior angles slightly 

 thickened, the surface very minutely and superficially punctured, 

 rufous, scutellum triangular, rufous ; elytra more distinctly punc- 

 tured than the thorax ; the punctures vei'y closely placed, metallic- 

 blue, under-side and legs rufous ; metatarsus of the posterior legs 

 very long. 



Hah. Beira, East Africa (P. A. Shcppard). 

 An elongate and narrow species with dark blue elytra, 

 of which I received two specimens. 



Caiulczca congener, sp. n. 



Rufous, antennae (the last two joints excepted) and the tibite 

 flavous, tarsi infuscate, thorax minutely punctured, elytra black 

 with a bluish gloss, extremely finely punctured. Length 5 millim. 



Smaller than Monolepta apiccdis, Sahib., and without red apex of 

 the elytra, the latter with a bluish, fatty gloss and microscopically 

 finely punctured, their epipleura3 narrowly continued below tlie 

 middle ; head finely granulate and minutely punctured, frontal 

 elevations rather feeble, trigouate, eyes very large, antennaj long, 

 flavous, the second and third joint short, the terminal two joints black ; 

 thorax twice as broad as long, the sides slightly rounded, with a 

 single seta near the anterior angles, the disc very finely and closely 

 punctured, rufous, scutellum fulvous, tibiie flavous, the posterior 

 ones with a long terminal spine, metatarsus very elongate, tarsi 

 obscure fuscous. 



Hah. DuNBRODY, Grahamstown, S. Africa (Bcv O'Neil). 

 I have received two exactly similar specimens from 

 the Rev. O'Neil. Monolepta famtdaris, Weise, resembles 

 also this species, but is described as having an elongate 

 third joint of the antenna?, and a more strongly punctured 

 thorax ; the first-named organs are also unicolorous. 



Candczca parvicollis, sp. n. 



Ovate, convex, antennae (the basal joints excepted), the tibise and 

 tarsi black, thoi*ax short, with an obsolete transverse lateral sulcus, 



