376 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on new 



more conspicuous and longer, the apex of one frequently 

 reaching the base of the next behind it. 



In L. cana, Mshl. (I. c. p. 19), the rostrum is much less 

 narrowed in front and thus appears longer, being almost 

 oblong in shape, with steeply perpendicular sides ; the eyes 

 are much less convex ; the prothorax more strongly 

 narrowed in front ; and the elytra broader and flatter, and 

 much less acuminate behind. 



Leurops piano cults, sp. n. 



<§ $ . Colour black, with dense fawn-coloured scaling 

 having a more or less distinct coppery reflection, and some- 

 times with a very ill-defined broad paler stripe on the disk 

 of each elytron. 



Head as in L. sublineata, but the central furrow more 

 distinct, the setae less conspicuous, and the eyes larger and 

 almost flat, so that the hind edge can pass beneath the 

 prothorax. Rostrum a little longer than its basal width, 

 rather strongly narrowed in front, the sides faintly sinuate ; 

 the upper surface with a rather large and deep median 

 impression, containing the usual low scale-covered carina; 

 the line of the upper edge of the scrobe running only 

 slightly below the lower margin of the eye. Prothorax quite 

 smooth, with a trace of a bare median line in the basal half, 

 rather strongly narrowed in front and with the sides gently 

 rounded ; the basal margin rather strongly arcuate, the apex 

 very shallowly sinuate in the middle, but not behind the 

 eyes. Elytra in the $ very broad in proportion to their 

 length, widest at the middle, markedly flattened transversely 

 and broadly rounded behind ; in the $ ovate, narrower, 

 widest before the middle, strongly convex transversely, and 

 markedly acuminate behind ; there is only a trace of very 

 shallow striae, the punctures in them being distinct only 

 near the base and becoming obliterated by the sealing 

 behind ; the intervals with small, shortly ovate, and slightly 

 overlapping scales, smaller than those on the prothorax, and 

 irregularly set with very short recumbent scale-like setse. 



Length, <$ 5'25-5-6 mm., ? 5'6-6 mm. ; breadth, $ ? , 

 3-25-3-6 mm. 



Transvaal : Johannesburg, 30. xi. 1918. 



Described from three specimens submitted by the Division 

 of Entomology, Department of Agriculture, Pretoria, 



The largest of the five species at present known, and 

 remarkable for the extreme flatness of the eyes and the 

 marked sexual difference in the shape of the elytra. 



