250 Mr. J. S. Baly's Descriptions of 



Var. B, Male. — Olivaceous, the elytra cupreous, more or less 

 stained with metallic-green ; all the other characters as in var. A. 



Hab. Port Natal. 



In most collections; var. A. in the British Museum; var. B. 

 in my own cabinet. 



This insect has latterly arrived in some abundance from the 

 above locality ; the male may be known from all its allies by the 

 broad grpjove on the posterior half of the upper edge of the hinder 

 thighs ; its coloration is also entirely different from any known 

 species. I look upon var. A. and B. as bearing the same relation 

 to the normal state of the species that 5. perlucida and ignita do 

 to their respective types. The tomentose space on the hinder 

 thigh in the male will cause the removal of the species from the 

 sub-section in which Lacordaire, from being unacquainted with 

 this sex, has provisionally placed it, to the succeeding one. . Mr, 

 Thomson has described the male of this species under the name 

 of Sagra Natalensis. 



Sagra Kirhyi, n. sp. 



Elongata, obscure olivacea, sub-opaca ; thorace subc-ylindrico, 

 margine jantico sat producto, angulis anticis vix prominulis ; 

 elytris regulariter punctato-striatis, striis per paria sat ap- 

 proximatis, interspatiis punctatis, processu prosternali ob- 

 soleto. 



Mas. — Femorihus intermediis subtus acute unidentatis, posticis 

 elytra valde superantibus, supra anguste canaliculatis, intus 

 ad basin flavo-tomentosis, subtus ante apicem crista den- 

 ticulata, antice dente valido munita, instructis ; tibiis ejusdem 

 paris basi arcuatis, deinde sub-rectis, apice mucronaiis, basi 

 tuberculo, ante apicem dentibus duobus indistinctis, munitis ; 

 abdominis segmento primo medio longitudinaliter complanato, 

 sub-remote punctato, vage flavo-tomentoso. 



Focm, — Femorihus intermediis subtus obtuse unidentatis, posticis 

 elytris non superantibus, subtus crista denticulati paullo ante 

 apicem dente brevi muniti, instructis; tibiis ejusdem paris 

 arcuatis, basi tuberculatis, apice sub-mucronatis. 



Long, mas 8h,focim. 7 lin. 



Elongate, obscure olivaceous, sub-opaque. Head minutely 

 punctured ; the antennae unfortunately wanting in the only male 

 specimen that I possess ; in the female they are robust and more 

 than half the length of the body. Thorax sub-cylindrical, rather 

 longer than broad, anterior edge moderately produced, anterior 

 angles indistinctly prominent, surface sub-remotely impressed with 



