African Phytophagous Golcoptcra. 19 



-transverse and silicate, impimctate, elytra liiiely and clusely jnmc- 

 tiired, black. 



Length 6 millini. 



Of broadly ovate and convex shape, the head impimctate, testace- 

 ous, strongly transversely grooved between the eyes, the carina 

 narrowly acute, palpi piceous, antennae slender, the third and 

 following joints elongate and nearly equal, terminal joints more 

 slender, the basal two testaceous, the rest, black ; thorax twice as 

 broad as long, the sides nearly straight, the anterior angles slightly 

 produced outwards but blunt, the disc impunctate, with a deep and 

 straight transverse sulcus near the middle, pale testaceous, scutellum 

 black ; elytra veiy convex, widened towards the middle, extremely 

 finely and rather closely punctured, black and shining ; under-side 

 and the legs testaceous, the breast, the apex of tlie tibi;e and the tarsi 

 black, the tibi;e all mucronate, the claws appendiculate ; the last 

 abdominal segment of the male trilobate, the median lobe with a 

 deep fovea. 



Hah. Uhmdi, Natal {G. Marshall). 



A species of broadly ovate shape of wliicli I received 

 two specimens, one of wliich showing traces of paler spots 

 on the elytra, probably due to immaturity, 



Hyperacantha militaris, sp. n. 



Testaceous or fulvous, the terminal joints of the antennie, the 

 apex of the tibije and the tarsi black, thorax transverse, impunctate, 

 deeply sulcate at the sides, elytra impunctate, with basal depression, 

 black, the basal third portion fulvous. 



Length 6 millim. 



Head impunctate, the vertex fulvous, the lower portion generally 

 paler in colour, frontal elevations transverse, carina acute, antenna 

 black, the lower three joints more or le.ss testaceous, the third joint 

 slightly longer than the fourth ; thorax twice as broad as long, the 

 sides feebly rounded anteriorly, slightly constricted at the base, the 

 disc impunctate, with a rather deep transverse sulcus at each side, 

 scutellum fulvous or testaceous, elytra widened posteriorly, the 

 lateral margins flattened and widened below the shoulders, the base 

 with a distinct transverse depression, fulvous or testaceous, this 

 colour occupying the basal third portion, the rest of the surface 

 black ; under-side, the femora and the base of the tibi;e testaceous, 

 their lower portion and the tarsi black, the latter ai)pendiculate, all 

 the tibia; mucronate. 



Hah. Dar es Sa'aarn, East Africa; also Zanzibar 

 and Del AGO a Bay. 



