6 Mr. M. Jacoby on 



the foni'th, rather widened as well as the fullowing tliree joints, 

 terminal joints more elongate and slender ; thorax nearly twice as 

 broad as long, the sides straight, the snrAice rather depressed, very 

 obsoletely transversely sulcate at the middle, finely punctured and 

 pubescent, rather darker than the elytra, the sides witli a narrow 

 fuscous stripe, scutellum piceous ; elytra pale testaceous, clotlied 

 with pale fulvous pubescence, the interstices minutely punctured, 

 the lateral margins narrowly black, this colour however not quite 

 extending to the apex ; legs rather slender, tibia' mucronate, the 

 metatarsus of the posterior legs as long as the f(jllowing joints 

 together, claws appendiculate, anterior cavities open. 



Hah. Malvern, Natal {C. Barker). 



Ill tliG specimen, which I look upon as the female, the 

 antennae are more slender, without widened intermediate 

 joints, and the general size of the insect is larger. 



Hcspcra i)airida, sp. u. 



Pale testaceous, the antenmc fuscous, tlie base of each joint jaale, 

 upper surface pubescent, thorax transverse, minutely punctured and 

 wrinkled, elytra extremely finely punctured. 



Lengtli 3 millim. 



Head scarcelj^ perceptibly punctured, frontal tubercles small and 

 obsolete, antennte extending beyond tlie apex of tlie elyti'a, fuscous, 

 the base of each joint pale, the third joint slightly shorter than the 

 fourth, all the rest elongate and slender ; thorax twice as broad as 

 long, the sides straiglit, the anterior angles slightly tuljerculate, the 

 surface minutely punctured and wrinkled and finely pubescent ; 

 elytra witli a shallow depression below the base, sculptured like the 

 thorax, under-side and the legs pale flavous. 



Hob. Grahamstown, Pt. Alfred, S. AFRICA {Rev. O'Ncil). 



This species scarcely differs from the preceding in 

 any other point except the coloration, in having no black 

 markings of any kind; there are, however, four specimens 

 before rae -which all agree wath each other, and it is there- 

 fore unlikely that the insect is only a pale variety of IT. 

 inaculicolUs. 



Etitornns pldaralns, sp. n. 



Black, thorax testaceous, with several small black spots, strongly 

 and remotely punctured, elytra very closely and finely punctured, 

 black, a round spot near the scutellum, a transverse band at the 

 middle, another semicircular band near tlie apex and the lateral 

 margins, testaceous, 



