48 Mr. M. Jacoby's Descri])tio7is of Neio Genera and 



side ; the head likewise testaceous, and the antennsB 

 with cylindrical, not widened joints, the thorax strongly 

 punctured. 



Ergana licolor, sp. n. 



Black, the basal joints of the antenna? ilavons, thorax subi^naJrate, 

 impunctate, elytra flavous, scarcely perceptibly punctured. Length 

 5 niillini. 



Head impunctate, black, deeply transversely grooved lietween the 

 eyes, the frontal tubercles very strongly developed, trigonute, clypeus 

 triangular, rather broad between the antennce, the latter robust, 

 black, the lower five joints llavous, third joint nunc than twice the 

 length of the second, all the joints thickened at the apex ; thorax 

 subquadrate, scarcely broader than long, the margins rounded, 

 posterior angles obsolete, the surface rather convex, impunctate, 

 black, scutellum black ; elytra elongate, flavous, the punctures only 

 visible under a strong lens, their epipleurte indistinct below the 

 middle, legs black as well as the under-side, the knees and tibipe 

 slightly stained with flavous, the latter mucronate, anterior coxal 

 cavities closed. 



Rah. Tanga, E. Africa {Br. Branns). 

 The nearly impunctate upper surface and the coloration 

 distinguish this sjiecies from its allies. 



Spilocci^halus aincalis, sp. n. 



Fulvous, the last joint of the antennte black, thorax impunctate, 

 with a deep curved deprevssion, bounded by a ridge above ( J ), elytra 

 violaceous-blue, the apex fulvous, finely punctured near the suture, 

 with a deep basal depression. Length 4 millim. 



Head impunctate, fulvous, deeidy transversely grooved between 

 the eyes, frontal elevations strongly raised, transverse, palpi dilated 

 at the penultimate joint, antennae robust, extending beyond the 

 middle of the elytra, fulvous, the second joint extremely small, the 

 following four joints widened and subtriangularly compressed, 

 terminal joints smaller, of similar shape, the last one elongate and 

 black ; thorax about one-half broader than long, subquadrate, the 

 middle of the disc with an angular depression at each side which is 

 bounded by a strong ridge above, rest of the surface impunctate, 

 fulvous, very shining, scutellum very broad ; elytra with a deej) 

 depression below the base, the shoulders and the basal portion 

 prominent, dark violaceous-blue, with some fine punctures anteriorly 

 near the suture, rest of the disc impunctate, the apex in shape of a 



