72 l\cv. n. S. Govliam on new Coleoptera 



Plilceocopus undulatus, sp. ii. 



Nigro-pici'iis, rolivistu8,valde pubescens,fortiter puiiclatus ; el5-trorum 

 niaculis duabus basalibus, uua bumerali, una liiieari scutellari san- 

 guineis ; fascia tonui mcdiaiia valdo dentata, muculacjue subapicali 

 sutiiram liaud attingcnte testaccis. 



Long. 14-15 millim. 



JUas, anteniiaruin articulo ultimo elongate, falciformi ; abdominis 

 segmento quinto cmargiiiato. 



Femiiia, antennarum articulo ultimo dimidio breviori. 



JIah. Natal ; Maslioiuilaud, Umfuli River, Gadzima 

 {AlarsJiall) ; Zambesi {coIL Gorhain). 



Head clothed with golden-brown pubescence, thickly, 

 coarsely, and rngosely punctured ; antenna of the ]iitcliy- 

 black colour of the whole body, the terminal joint long and 

 falcate, much longer in tlie male, equalling the preceding eigiit 

 joints. The thorax is longer than wide, shining, distinctly 

 but sparsely punctate, with a deeji but vague central channel ; 

 anterior constriction ill-deiined. Elytra at the base scarcely 

 wider than the thorax, wider at the apex ; the punctuation is 

 cellular and confluent, coarse for half their length, not so 

 coarse and worse defined beyond the fascia ; the fascia is 

 rendered irregular by coarse punctuation, it has a double 

 undulation, sometimes it reaches the margin and at others it 

 docs not ; there are two deep blood-red not conspicuous 

 marks at the base and a yellowish spot at the apex. The 

 scutellum is clothed with golden-yellow pubescence. The 

 femora are coarsely punctured ; the tibiaj are also punctured 

 and have carinre on their sides. The body beneath is shining, 

 sparsely and rather obsoletcly punctured ; the fifth segment 

 in tlie male is broadly and angularly emarginate, exposing 

 the membranous base of the sixth, and it has deep strong- 

 punctures round the margin, the sixth ventral plate being 

 very smooth and shining. 



Tliis insect has been known to me for many years from 

 specimens from Natal. It is apparently allied to P. Jlavo- 

 iiotatuf, Bohem., but seems to differ in the colour of the 

 anteinite, which aie entirely dark, in the apical spot not 

 being double, by the larger size, &c. 



]\Jr. Marshall has sent three specimens, two being from 

 Gadzima, one of which is a male. 



Trichodas tugelanus, sp. n. 



Niger, 6ubca?ruleus, clongatus, subparallelus, pubescens ; cajiite 

 prothoraccque creberrime confluenter punctatis ; elytris auran- 

 tiacis, fasciis duabus latis apiceque nigris ; creberrime rugose 



