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minutely, closely and nbsoletely punctured, flavous ; elytra very 

 closely and much more strongly punctured than the thorax, the inter- 

 stices very slightly wrinkled, bluish-black ; under-side of the latter 

 colour, the legs tlavous, the femoi'a and the tarsi obscure fuscous to a 

 greater or smaller degree ; the metatarsus of the posterior legs as long 

 as the following three joints together. 



Hah. Malvern, Natal. 



Closely allied to C. nigrocirrulca, Jac, and nearly 

 similarly coloured, but the thorax more obliquely narrowed 

 and the sides quite straight in the last-named species, the 

 elytral punctures finer, and the logs entirely flavous. 



Buphonclla, gen. n. 



Body narrowly elongate, pubescent above, antennae subfiliform, 

 eyes entire ; thorax transversely subquadrate, finely rugose like the 

 elytra, the latter with the lateral margins deflexed, their epipleura) 

 extremely narrow ; anterior coxa? raised, closely approximate, legs 

 slender, the tibiic unarmed, the metatarsus of the posterior legs as 

 long as the three following joints together, claws bifid at the extreme 

 tip only, prosternum invisible between the coxaj, the anterior cavities 

 closed. 



At first sight, this genus here proposed bears a greater 

 resemblance to the Emiiolpidn', and more especially to the 

 group LeprotiniB than to that of the Gahrucidx, as the 

 antenna3 are more widely apart than is the rule in this last- 

 named tribe ; these organs are, however, inserted in front 

 and a little below the eyes ; there are the usual frontal 

 elevations, and most important of all, the anterior coxjb are 

 almost united, and hide the prosternum ; they resemble in 

 that respect the genus Buplionida, Baly, which has likewise 

 closed coxal cavities and bifid claws, but the thorax in that 

 genus is transversely sulcate and of different shape ; the 

 claws in the present genus are also rather peculiar, as each 

 claw has the division united and bifid to a small extent at 

 the tip only. Momhasica, Fairm., seems also more nearly 

 allied to BuplwneJla than to any other genus of GalerucidcV. 



BupTionella elongata, sp. n. 



Narrowly elongate and parallel, black, finely pubescent above, the 

 basal joint of the antenna? and the femora fulvous, thorax subquadrate, 

 very finely rugose, elytra still more finely sculptured, clothed with 

 short grey pubescence ; tibia? unarmed. 



Length 5 niillim. 



