118 Rev. H. Clark on the Ckri/somelida of South Africa. 



apicem longitudinali : antennis nigris, ad basin rufo-nigris vel 



rufis : corpore subtus pedibusque nigris. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 3| ; lat. lin. 2|. 



It is impossible to say, from the single example before me, 

 whether the markings on the elytra of this species are constant ; 

 it is probable that one or other of them may be entirely obli- 

 terated ; at all events, the species, whatever may be the degree 

 of markings, is amply different from all others of this paper. 

 The peculiar markings of the thorax (very much resembling 

 those of P. guttata, Fab.) and the almost obsolete punctures on 

 the elytra sufficiently distinguish it. 



A single specimen from the Cape, taken by Drege, I received 

 in M. Chevrolat's collection. 



4. P. ehurnipennis, Chev., n. sp. 



P. ovalis, lente punctato-striata, pallida testacea ; capite minute et 

 sparsim punctato, inter oculos transverse striate, nigro ; thorace 

 lateribus antice rotundatis, apud margines valde, ad medium leviter 

 punctato, nigro ; scutello subtriangulari, laevi, nigro ; elytris tho- 

 race latioribus, subrotundatis, punctis nigris minutis irregulariter 

 ordinibus dispositis, pallida testaceis, seriebus macularum trans- 

 versis tribus, prima ad basin maculas quatuor magnas longitudi- 

 nales continente (3*'* et 4'* juxta latus confluentibus), secunda ad 

 medium maculis minoribus tribus instructa, tertiaque juxta apicem 

 maculis minutis 6 (vel forsan 4 vel 5 plus minus confluentibus), 

 ad apicem undique macula minuta ; maculis, sutura, marginibus- 

 que nigris ; corpore subtus nigro ; antennis nigris (articulis 3 vel 

 4 ad basin rufo-flavis) ; pedibus nigris, tarsorum art. vdtimis pal- 

 lida flavis. 



Long. Corp. 3| lin. ; lat. lin. 2|. 



The above description is based on two specimens — one from 

 the collection of Mr. Baly, and one which I received from M. 

 Chevrolat. The species differs entirely from P. 24>-signata, Thunb., 

 both in punctuation, in arrangement of the three transverse 

 rows of macnlse, and also in the colour of the thorax. I can 

 conceive that in its maculations the species may be subject to 

 some variation. 



This is the only species known to me that agrees with the 

 short description given by Fabricius (Ent. Syst. Supp. 86. 26 ; 

 Syst. El. 1. 432) of P. ebroea. I have no means, however, of 

 verifying it. 



From the Cape of Good Hope. 



5. P. viginti-quatuor-signata, Thunb. (teste Chev. coll.). 

 P. ovahs, sat gibbosa, fortiter punctato-striata, rufo-ferruginea, ni- 

 tida; capite distincte punctato, inter oculos bidepresso, nigro, 



