410 Rev. H. S. Goiham on 



Chilomenes picticollis^ sp. n. 



Orbicularis, fere heraisphicrica, nigra, fere laevis ; capita pro- 

 thoraceque albidis, hoc maculis duabus triquetris discoidalibus, 

 basi tenuiter (utriuque augulariter) dilatato, punctisquo duobus 

 oblongis sublateralibiis, interdmu cum basi ligatis nigris ; elytris 

 testaceis, sutura, margineque tenui, et scutello nigris ; pedibus 

 nigris ; tibiis, tarsis, femorumque apicibus testaceis. 



Long. 4"5-5 millim. 



Hah. Natal, Estcourt {Marshall). 



Orbicular, the width equal to the length ; thorax twice and 

 a half or three times as wide as long, front angles acute and 

 depressed, tlieir margins with those of the sides very narrowly 

 reflexed and black. The markings are : — two triangular 

 spots on each side of the middle ; their longest axis is trans- 

 verse and their bases are o})posed ; two oblong spots near 

 each side, in one of two examples sent united to the narrow 

 black base ; the basal black line widens into an angular 

 denticulation on each side. The elytra are very obsoletely 

 punctured ; their black margin commences a little before the 

 shoulders, and occupies the slightly expanded margin, 

 becoming very narrow at the apex, the suture very finely 

 margined with black. The scutellum is black and impunc- 

 tate. The body beneath is black, but each abdominal segment 

 has a small yellow spot on each side ; the legs are black, with 

 yellow tibiee and tarsi ; the tips of the femora and the 

 trochanters are also yellowish. 



This insect has the appearance at first sight of many 

 South-African Coccinellidee ; in particular it resembles 

 (Enopia cinctella, Muls., though the orbicular shape and the 

 smaller size are different, the latter being an oblong insect of 

 6 millim. which occurs at the Cape (Stellenbosch) . It is also, 

 as Herr Weise, to whom I sent one, remarks, distinct by the 

 remarkable pattern of the thorax. 



Chilomenes geisha, sp. n. 



Oblongo-orbicularis, testacea; capite albo, prothorace nigro, angulis 

 anticis macula subquadrata, ad angulos posticos prov^ecta, mar- 

 gineque antica albis ; elytris rufo-testaceis, sutura margine tenui 

 et scutello nigris; corpore subtus nigro-piceo ; abdominis lateribus 

 flavis. 



Long. 4'0 millim. 



Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury (J/arsAa//). 

 Var. ? minor, prothoracis basi latius nigra, elytris testaceis. 

 Hah. Delagoa Bay {Marshall). 



