172 Rey. H. Clark on the Chrysomelide of South Africa. 
son’s and Chevrolat’s collections), which are absolutely similar 
in size and form of markings; both of these were registered as 
from the Cape of Good Hope, under Dejean’s name, A. multi- 
fida, which I am glad to be able to preserve. 
25. P. consimilis, n. sp. 
P. ovalis, sat convexa, punctato-striata, nigra, rufo-flavo notata ; 
capite rufo, thoracis lateribus parallelis, antice rotundatis, margi- 
natis, ad medium rarius et sparsim, ad latera (et basin versus 
juxta angulos posteriores) fortius punctato, leete rufo, basi et (an- 
guste et suffuse) margine quoque anteriore nigris ; scutello subcordi- 
formi, lzevi, nigro, nitido ; elytris sat rotundatis, punctato-striatis 
(punctis distantibus et hand ad apicem obsoletis), nigris vel zeneo- 
nigris, maculis quibusdam flavis,—1° duze ad basin, juxta scutellum 
et ad humerum (circulares, insulate) ; 2° una ante medium inter 
strias 4.et 7. (transverso-circularis); 3° una post medium fascia trans- 
versa a sutura usque ad marginem (heec fortasse aliquando in tres 
vel quatuor maculas divisa); 4° duze apicem versus, heec inter 
strias 3.et 6. circularis, insulata, illa juxta et ad marginem confluens; 
5° una apicalis et margine confluens: corpore subtus nigro; pedi- 
bus rufis, genibus nigris ; antennis rufo-fuscis, ad basin rufis. 
Long. corp. lin. 3; lat. lin. 24. 
In pattern this species is almost identical with P. multifida, 
inasmuch as the slight differences that exist might reasonably 
be attributed to variation; nevertheless the species appears to 
me to be distinct: the size is much smaller; the colour of the 
elytra is different—black, instead of zneous black; the thorax 
and head entirely differ in colour, and in the former the lateral 
punctures are not nearly so coarse and deep: the punctures of 
the elytra also differ; they are more closely arranged in this 
species than in P. multifida. The species is also very nearly 
related to P. figurata, Dej., but is separated therefrom by its 
somewhat different arrangement of punctures on the elytra, and 
also by its coloration. 
A single example in the collection of Mr. Baly. 
26. P. figurata, De}., n. sp. 
P. ovalis, punctato-striata, ceeruleo-nigra, nitida; capite nigro; 
thorace angustiore et lateribus oblique apicem versus rotundatis, 
punctatis (apud latera crebrius et fortiter), rufo, ad basin mediam 
nigro-binotato ; scutello levi, nigro ; elytris latis, valde punctato- 
striatis (punctis crebris et constanter ordinatis), czeruleo-nigris, 
maculis quibusdam rufis,—1™* apud scutellum inter strias 1. et 4. ; 
2“* inter strias 5. et 7., media, in anteriore parte; 3"* media inter 
strias 2. et 4. (he tres circulares, insulate); 4‘ fascia transversa, 
postmedia, subobliqua, attenuata, inaequalis, inter striam 2. et 
marginem ; 5 et 6 macule duce juxta apicem inter strias 2-3. et 
5-6. oblongee vel ovales, illa ad apicem affluens; margo quoque 
