32 :Mr. G. N. Barker on new 



Dr. Pf^ringiiey from tliis unique example, and, no lonj^er 

 having flio type in liis possession, he evidently subsccpiently 

 confonnded my f/urlianensis with his species, and thns 

 wrongly determined those examples which I snbmitted to 

 him many years ago, and which have until now been labelled 

 in my collcotion as "Z. insidiosa, Per." 



I quote from Dr. Marshall's letter the points upon which 

 du7'hane>tsis dilVers : — "Apart from its larger size and 

 different elytral pattern your insect difl'ers from the type 

 of insidiosa 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. n. 



Length 5 mm. ; wudth 2| mm. 



Head and prothorax light reddish testaceous, the former 

 darkening gradually from ueck to aud including mandibles ; 

 l)alpi, three basal joints of autennaj aud legs testaceous 

 yellow ; terminal joints of autenua) 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 aud abdomcu 

 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 aud posterior 

 angles. 



Judging from description alone — for the species is un- 

 known to me — apice-fusca must be nearly allied toCliaudoir's 

 L. fuscula, which is also recorded from Durban. The 

 antenna} and underside of fuscida 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 antennae, abdomen, 

 and elytra are, I think, sufficient to justify its acceptance as 

 a species distinct from Chaudoir's insect. 



Hub. Durban, Natal. Common under bark of trees 

 growing on the coast sand-dunes, but not met with further 

 inland. 



