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carinae. Body underneath and legs yellowish testaceous, sub- 

 nitid, and almost impunctate. Anteunaj black. 



Two specimens, a male and a female, in the collection. 

 The female specimen differs a little in colour from the 

 male. The whole of the front of the head, with the 

 exception of the epistome and labrum, is black, the vertex 

 is wholly black, and there is a very broad black band 

 along the disk of the prothorax from base to apex. 



Phytoecia basalis, n. s. 



(7 . Nigra, tenuiter griseo-pubescens et sparsim setosa, elytris 

 tertia parte basali fulvo-testacea, sub-nitida, femoribus et basi 

 abdominis rufescentibus ; capite prothoraceque valde sparseque 

 punctatis, hoc lateraliter rotundato ; scutello griseo ; elytris sub- 

 seriatim foveolata-punctatis, disco antice convexo postice sub- 

 depresso, apicibus sub-truncatis ; anteuuis corpore vix aequalibus. 

 Long. 22 ; lat. 6^ mm. 



Hah. Natal. 



Black, with a faint greyish pubescence. Head and prothorax 

 sparsely and strongly punctm-ed, the latter rounded at the sides. 

 Elytra with about the basal third yellowish or fulvous-testaceous, 

 and sub-nitid, the remainder black ; with the whole provided with 

 large foveolate punctures arranged in fairly regular rows ; with the 

 punctures becoming small and very sparse at the apex. Body 

 underneath and legs with a somewhat denser greyish pubescence. 

 Abdomen at the base with a reddish tint. Femora, except at the 

 base, reddish. Claws of the tarsi appendiculate. Antennae 

 scarcely as long as the body, black, with the first six joints more or 

 less grey. 



This species, while very distinct, does not offer cha- 

 racters sufficiently strong to justify its separation into a 

 distinct genus. It differs from the robuster forms of 

 Phytci'cia by its much stronger punctuation, the appen- 

 diculate claws of its tarsi, and its obsoletely grooved 

 intermediate tibiae. From the genus Blepisanus, to 

 which it shows some affinity, it is excluded by the form 

 of its antennae (not thickened to the apex), by its 

 laterally rounded and somewhat globular prothorax, 

 and by its more convex elytra. 



