38 Mr. M. Jacoby on African FhyfopJiaf/ons Cokoiitera. 



Head broad, closely rugose, the middle with a narrow, elongate, 

 smooth raised space, eyes rounded, entire, frontal tubercles trigonate* 

 smooth and tubercnlate, clypeiis transverse, antennae about two-thirds 

 the length of the body, black, the basal joint fulvous, the third joint 

 more than twice as long as the second, slightly shorter than the fourth, 

 the following joints slightly thickened, terminal ones thinner fthorax 

 transversely subquadrate, one-half broader than long, the base slightly 

 constricted, the anterior angles] obtuse, thickened, the surface sculp- 

 tured like the head, the rugosities partly confluent,"scutelluin broadei' 

 than long, finely rugose ; elytra opai^ue like'the rest of the upper 

 surface, extremely finely rugose and pubescent, body below and the 

 tibia} and tarsi black, the femora fulvous, the last abdominal segment 

 triangularly emarginate ( $ '?). 



Hal). Salisbm-y, Mashonaland {G. Manhnll). 

 Two exactly similar specimens were obtained by Mr. 

 Marshall. 



Ergana fuJvipcs, sp. n. 



Under-side black, upper-side dark metallic blue, basal joints of the 

 antennre and the legs fulvoTis, thorax transverse, very minutely 

 punctured, elytra closely and strongly punctured. 



Length 4h millim. 



Head broad and short, impunctate, deeply transversely grooved, 

 frontal elevations strongly convex, trigouate, clypeus very broad and 

 swollen, lalirum and palpi blackish, the penultimate joint of the latter 

 dilated, antennae extending to half the length of the body, black, the 

 lower foxir joints flavous, third joint longer than the second, the 

 intermediate ones slightly widened ; thorax more than one-half 

 broader than long, the sides strongly rounded, the posterior margin 

 to a less extent, the surface convex, very finely and closely punctured, 

 scutellum black, impunctate, elytra slightly wider at the base than 

 the thorax, posteriorly widened, extremely closely and more strongly 

 punctxired than the thorax, the interstices finely wrinkled and 

 furnished with still smaller punctures ; legs fulvous, all the tibiii; 

 mncronate, the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the following 

 joints together, claws appendiculate, anterior coxal cavities closed. 



ITah. Dunbrody, Cape Colony (Eev. O'JSfeU). 

 A typical species, and distinguislied by its system of 

 coloration. 



