Rev. H. Clark on the Chrysomelida of South Africa. 173^ 



flarus : corpore subtus nigro ; pedibxis piceis, tarsis rufis ; anteunis 

 rufis. 

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



Nearly related in pattern to P. modesta. Unfortunately I 

 have some doubt whether the thorax of the example before me 

 is not borrowed from some other insect ! It is rather smaller in 

 proportion than those of other species. 



A single example, from the collection of Mr. Thomson, is in 

 my cabinet, from South Africa. 



27. P. clathrata, Dej. Cat., n. sp. 



P. oralis, punctato-striata, nigra, rufo maculata, uitida; capite nigro; 

 thorace rotundato (lateribus baud parallelis, tenuiter margittatis), 

 punctato (ad latera crebrius et fortiter), nigro ; scutello Isen, nigro ; 

 elytris sat rotundatis, punctato>striatis (punctis distinctis, apicem 

 versus obsolctis), nigris, niaculis quibusdam rufis, — una scutellaris, 

 inter strias 1 . et 6., transversa (aut aliquando minuta), altera media, 

 transversa, inter strias 2. et 9., ina?qualis ; duae aliae postmedise, 

 magna;, et ad apicem ct margincm atfluentes, vel minutee et insu- 

 lares ; margo quoque flavus : coqiore subtus nigro ; pedibus nigris, 

 tarsis pallidis ; anteunis rufo-fuscis, ad basin rufia* 



Long. Corp. lin. 2^-3 ; lat, lin. 1^-2. 



A species variable both in size and colour; the pattern, how- 

 ever, is sufficiently constant to enable us to separate and limit 

 the species : the humeral and also the apical markings vary 

 considerably in form and sire-^never, however, the medial, which 

 is transverse and irregular; the margin also is in all cases 

 flavous. 



In the cabinets of Mr. Baly, Mr. Wilson Saunders, and the 

 Rev. H. Clark. 



28. P. Hebe, n. sp. 

 P. ovalis, penitus rotundata, punctato-striata, rufa, maculis nigris, 

 nitida ; capite sparsim punctulato, nigro ; thorace lateribus sub- 

 parallelis, antice rotundatis, leviter marginatis, elytris baud mul- 

 tum angustiore, in disco leviter, ad latera forte punctato, seneo- 

 nigro ; scutello subcordiformi, Isevi, nigro ; elytris sat latis, punc- 

 tato-striatis (punctis distinctis, crebris, ordinatis), rufis, vittis 3 

 transversis (e maculis distinctis compositis), seneo-nigris, — prima 

 juxta (sed baud attingens) basin, maculas tres continet ( 1 '°*°' inter 

 strias 2. et 3. subcircularem ; 2"*™ inter strias 4. et 5. — haec in vit- 

 tam 2***" confluit ; 3***°" inter strias 6. et 10. irregularem.obliquam); 

 secuuda vitta media maculas tres quoque continet (I"*" inter su- 

 turam et striam 3., 2**" inter strias 4. et 5. — hsec in vittam basalem 

 confluit, — 3*"° inter strias 6. et 7.) ; tertia vitta post media, hsec vel 

 quatuor maculas continet vel transversa vitta est a sutura ad mar- 

 ginem, juxta apicem etiani est macula subcircularisiusularis; sutura 

 quoque nigra : corpore subtus, pedibus et, ut credo, anteunis nigris. 

 Long. corp. lin. 2;J ; lat. Un. 1|. 



