Coleojitcra from SoutJi . {frirn. 400 



I have seen tlie type in tlio British Museum, but difftji's in 

 several point3, particuhirly in havin;; the scutcllum black and 

 in the clytral spots not havinc^ an irrep^uhir outline. 



I am oblifjed to Ilerr J. Wciso for haviii": examined this 

 insect and tor pointing out its affinities. It was unknown to 

 liini as to me. 



Dys'is nifocinctUj sp. n. 



1). M(trsh(illia.^\\y, (juoad forniam ct puiictuniiii similliina, j>aunu- 

 him major, supra sanguiiieo-rufa ; capite ot subtus cum podibus 

 flava ; elytris nij^ris, basi ct lateribus late tciiuahtor sanguinco 

 margin atis, elytris crebre ac distincto punctatis. 



Long. 4 millim. 



Ilah. I\Iaslionahind, Salisbury {Marshall, at li.i^Iit). 



Very like D. MarshaUi\ most of the description of wliich 

 will ajiply, with the exception of the four yellow spots, 

 of which no trace is liere visible. The disk of the elytra 

 being deep black, the base, which in that species is occupied 

 by the basal yellow spot, is here margined with red like the 

 rest of the margin, and this colour even extends down the 

 suture in an indistinct manner. The scutcllum is black, but 

 the thorax in both examples wants the black vitta or any 

 basal indication of it. The front angles and sides are 

 narrowly edged with yellow, this colour ceasing before the 

 hind angles are reached, I think witii Ilcrr Wcise, to whom 

 I sent one of the two examples, tiiat this is a distinct species 

 from D. Marshal/i, and it was found at a very distant locality. 



Chilonienes Weisei, sp. n. 



Orbicnlaris, tcstacca ; thorace parvo, brevi, quam elytra multo angus- 

 tiore, basi punctisfjue duobus nigris, siitura tcnuissimc nigra; 

 corpore subtus piceo ; pedibus rufo-tcstaceis. 



Long. 5-<J millim. 



Ilah. Natal, Umkomaas River {Marshall). 



Orbicular, as wide as, or wider than, long, the thorax very 

 small for tlie insect, the elytra very much inclined, with 

 extremely wide opipleuraj ; the pattern of the thorax is very 

 simple, consisting of two dots, somewhat triangular, and a 

 plain unindented black basal margin terminating before the 

 hind angles. Owing to the inclination of the elytra, the base 

 of the thorax is widely Vsha|)ed. Klytra nearly liemi- 

 spherical, their margins a little expanded, i)unctuation scarcely 

 visible, testaceous, their suture narrowly and the scutellum 

 black; at their base they arc very much wider than the small 

 thorax, so that the humeral angles are quite outside the sides 

 of the thorax. Four examples arc before me. 



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