172 P-ev. H. Clark on the Chrysomelidce 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 ; 

 capita rufo, thoracis lateribus parallelis, antice rotundatis, margi- 

 natis, ad medium rarius at sparsim, ad latera (at basin versus 

 juxta angulos posteriores) fortius punctato, Isete rufo, basi ct (an- 

 guste et suifuse) margine quoque antariora nigris ; scutello subcordi- 

 formi, Isevi, nigro, nitido ; elytris sat rotundatis, punctato-striatis 

 (punctis distantibus et hand ad apicem obsoletis), nigris val ceneo- 

 nigris, macuUs quibusdam flavis, — 1° duse ad basin, juxta scutellum 

 et ad humerum (circulares, insulatse) ; 2° una ante medium inter 

 strias 4.et 7. (transverso-circularis); 3° una post medium fascia trans- 

 versa a sutura usque ad marginem (hsec fortassa aliquando in tres 

 val quatuor maculas divisa); 4° duae apicara versus, hsec inter 

 strias 3.at 6. circularis, insulata, ilia juxta et ad marginem confluans; 

 5° una apicalis et margine confluens : corpora subtus nigro ; pedi- 

 bus rufis, ganibus nigris ; antennis rufo-fuscis, ad basin rufis. 



Long, Corp. Tin. 3 ; lat. lin. 2^. 



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 aeneous 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. ^^Mra^«, 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, Dej., n. sp. 



P. ovalis, punctato-striata, caerulao-nigra, nitida ; capite nigro ; 

 thorace angustiore at lateribus oblique apicam versus rotundatis, 

 punctatis (apud latara crabrius at fortitar), rufo, ad basin mediam 

 nigrp-binotato ; scutello Isevi, nigro ; elytris latis, valde punctato- 

 striatis (punctis crabris at constantar ordinatis), cseruleo-nigris, 

 macuhs quibusdam rufis,— I ""* apud scutellum inter strias 1. at4. ; 

 2"^ inter strias 5. et 7., media, in anteriore parte; 3"'' media inter 

 strias 2. at 4. (hsetras circulares, insulatse) ; 4^" fascia transversa, 

 postmedia, subobliqua, attenuata, insequalis, inter striam 2. et 

 marginem ; 5*^ et 6^^ maculse duse juxta apicem inter strias 2-3. et 

 5-6. oblongee vel ovales, ilia ad apicam affluens ; margo quoque 



