32 Mr. C. N. Barker on new 
Dr. Péringuey from this unique example, and, no longer 
having the type in his possession, he evidently subsequently 
confounded my durbanensis with his species, and thus 
wrongly determined those examples which I submitted to 
him many years ago, and which have until now been labelled 
in my collection as “ ZL. insidiosa, Pér.” 
I quote from Dr. Marshall’s letter the points upon which 
durbanensis differs:—‘‘ Apart from its larger size and 
different elytral pattern your insect differs from the type 
of msidiosa in the coarser and more wrinkled puncturing of 
both head and thorax. Moreover, in insidiosa the head is 
of a uniform testaceous-red colour.” 
Lebia apice-fusca, sp. 0. 
Length 5 mm.; width 24 mm. 
Head and prothorax light reddish testaceous, the former 
darkening gradually from neck to and including mandibles ; 
palpi, three basal joints of antennz and legs testaceous 
yellow ; terminal joints of antennz black ; upper sides of 
palpi often infuscated. Elytra, except a narrow ill-defined 
apical and lateral infuscated area, and the whole of the 
pectus deep testaceous yellow. Pygidium and abdomen 
piceous. 
Head finely, neck hardly punctate, shiny. 
Prothorax transverse, nearly twice as broad as long, 
anterior angles broadly rounded ; sides from about middle 
to hind angle, which is widely reflexed and acutely right, 
nearly straight; disc convex, very finely plicate-punctate, 
with a well-defined median line bifurcate subapically ; base 
truncate, lightly impressed between median line and posterior 
angles. 
Judging from description alone—for the species is un- 
known to me——apice-fusca must be nearly allied to Chaudoir’s 
L. fuscula, which is also recorded from Durban. The 
antennze and underside of fuscula are described as light 
yellow, and there is no mention made of any infuscation 
about the apical area, which is always present, more or less, 
in all the numerous examples which I have examined of 
apice-fusca. 
These discrepancies in coloration of antennz, abdomen, 
and elytra are, I think, sufficient to justify its acceptance as 
a species distinct from Chaudoir’s insect. 
Hab. Durban, Natal. Common under bark of trees 
growing on the coast sand-dunes, but not met with further 
inland. 
