and Sjii'ct'cs of (\)lc(>p>i'r(i. 1 1 I 



Sl'.HKICOKN I A. 



Biiprestidae. 



Ptosima ma<jnijica, sp. no v. 



P. elongata, parallcla, nitida, lajte ochracea, nigro- vel caeruleo-viridi 

 ornota ; elytris ad apiceiu truncutis scrratis. Long. 7^ lin., lat, 

 2^ lin. 



Form of P. 11-macuIata, Hbst., but relatively longer, and 

 with the thorax less ample, &c. Head bri-^ht orange-yellow, 

 thickly and strongly punctured, with the neck, a spot on the 

 crown, and two spots on the forehead blackish. Thorax one 

 quarter broader than long, very slightly narrowed in front, 

 gently convex, but flattened posteriorly, moderately and not 

 very strongly punctured on the disk, closely and strongly 

 punctured towards the sides ; orange-yellow, with a broad 

 sutural stripe and one on each side of it blackish. Scutellum 

 jeneous, shining. Elytra the same width as the thorax, and 

 less tlian three times as long, attenuated towards the apex, 

 strongly punctate-striate, the interstices Avith a row of punctures 

 not placed very close together ; orange-yellow, the suture, the 

 apex, and a transverse band immediately before it, a longi- 

 tudinal stripe from the shoulder reaching to the middle of each 

 elytron, a spot on the suture behind the middle, and two spots 

 on the margin bluish green. Apex of the elytra truncate, the 

 sides towards the apex and the truncature serrated. Under- 

 side of the body yellow, the various parts surrounded with 

 bluish green. The mouth, antennae, and legs green ; the 

 femora marked with yellow. 



This species most nearly resembles Pt. amahilis^ L. & G., 

 but is at once distinguished by its larger size, by the thorax 

 having three stripes, and by the apex of the elytra being 

 serrated instead of having three strong teeth to each elytron. 



Hub. South Africa, Limpopo. B.M. 



Heteromera. 



c(el0metopin^. 



Dysceladus, gen, nov. 



Mentum scarcely as broad as long, obtuse at the apex, very 

 slightly emarginate. Apical joint of the labial palpi short, 

 truncate at the apex ; that of the maxillary palpi large, thick, 

 almost securiform. Labrum projecting, slightly rounded in 

 front, scarcely perceptibly notched in the middle. Head as in 



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