30 Mr. M. Jacoby on 



of different sculpture ; as in the allied species, the elytral 

 suture has a narrow ridge at the posterior portion. 



Megalognatha nifjrofasciata, sp. n. 



Head and thorax rufous, antennte, the breast and the legs black, 

 thorax closely punctured, triangularly depressed anteriorly, elytra 

 testaceous, finely and closely punctured, the suture narrowly and a 

 broader lateral band black, abdomen tlavous. 



Length 5 millini. 



Mas, Head inipunctate, rufous, the frontal elevations highly 

 raised, trigonate, antenna) black, the seventh joint widened at the 

 a^jex, the eighth shorter, triangularly j^roduced into a sharj) point at 

 the middle, thorax as long as broad, the sides straight at the base, 

 • the disc rather closely and distinctly punctured, with a triangular 

 rather deep depression below the anterior margin, the latter 

 thickened, Ijut not acutely margined, scutellum piceous ; elytra 

 scarcely depressed below the base, finely and very closely punctured, 

 testaceous, the suture narrowly piceous, the sides with a broad 

 black band which does not (]uite extend to the apex ; legs and breast 

 black. 



Hah. Cape (my collection). 



31. hicostata, Alld., is evidently a closely-allied species, 

 but is described with fulvous legs and antennae and with 

 lateral elytral costie, not with a broad black lateral band. 

 The female is unknown to me. 



Megalognatha mdaaoccpliala, sp. n. 



Testaceous, the head, antenna), the breast and the legs black ; 

 thorax subquadrate, elytra finely and. closely punctured. 



Mas. Thorax inipunctate, tlie anterior margin thickened, the 

 disc obsoletely depressed at the sides and the middle. 



Fern. Thorax rufous, strongly punctured, deeply transversely 

 sulcate anteriorly, the sulcus Ijounded in front by a strongly-raised 

 ridge, the disc with three round tuliercles. 



Length 7 millim. 



1^ . Head longer than liroad, inipunctate, black, shining, frontal 

 tubercles strongly raised, carina acute, antenna; black, the third and 

 fourth joints ec^ual, the following three joints shorter and wider, the 

 rest more slender and elongate ; thorax scarcely broader than long, 

 the sides slightly narrowed at the base, the surface inipunctate, 

 testaceous, the anterior portion slightly transversely thickened and 

 followed by a lateral and median very feeble depression, scutellum 

 pubescent, piceous ; elytra distinctly transversely depressed below 



