16 Mr. M. Jacoby on 



remotely punctured, elytra finely punctate-striate, the interstices 

 impnnctate. 



Length 2 niillini. 



Head broad, impunctate, fulvous, shining, the eyes small, widely 

 separated, clypeus wide at the base, palpi thin and slender, antennae 

 half the length of the insect, fulvous, the basal joint strongly and 

 suddenly thickened at the apex, the second joint longer than the 

 third, the latter and the fourth equal, the terminal joints thickened, 

 thorax about one-third liroader than long, the sides rounded and 

 widened at the middle, the base distinctly narrower than the anterior 

 portion, the angles acute, the Imsal sulcus narrow but deep, the disc 

 rather convex, strongly but remotely punctured, scutellum broad, 

 impunctate ; elytra wider at the base than the thorax, rather 

 depressed, finely punctate-striate, the punctures closely placed, 

 elytral epipleuraj broad ; under-side black, legs fulvous, tibiie slightly 

 widened towards the apex, non-sulcate, the four anterior femora 

 scarcely less widened than the posterior ones, the first joint of the 

 anterior tarsi of tlie male, dilated. 



Hah. Salisbury, Mashonaland {G. Marshall). 

 I have received three specimeu.s of this curious little 

 species from Mr. Marshall. 



Weiscana liarlicri, sp. n. 



Under-side nearly black, upper-side obscure testaceous, finely pube- 

 scent, terminal joints of the antennfe and the head fuscous or piceous, 

 thorax with three piceous spots (more or less connected), elytra 

 opaque, narrowly margined with black, legs testaceous, tarsi piceous. 



Length 3^-4 millim. 



Head rugose, the vertex blackish, the clypeus strongly triangularly 

 convex, Havous, labrum piceous, margined with testaceous, antennae 

 robust, blackish, the lower three or four joints testaceous at the 

 base, third joint slightly longer than the fnirtli, the following joints 

 thickened ; thorax rather more than twice as broad as long, the 

 sides nearly straight, the angles obtuse, the disc with three obsolete 

 depressions, rugosely punctured, the interstices minutely graiiulate, 

 the surface with a central marking and two lateral black markings, 

 sometimes connected in sha])e of A ; scutellum fuscous; elytra clothed 

 with very fine silky pubescence, opaque, very finely transversely 

 wrinkled, without distinct punctuation, obscure testaceous, the sutural 

 and lateral margins narrowly black ; legs testaceous, the femora 

 stained with fuscous as well as the apex of the tibia) and the tarsi, 

 claws with a basal tooth. 



