1880.] PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA. 169 



Genus Euryope, Dalm. 



7. Euryope batesi, sp. nov. 



Oblong, moderately convex. Shining rufo-castaneous above; below, 

 the antennae and legs black ; thorax and elytra finely punctured. 



Length 4|-6 lines. 



Hab. Nguru Mountains, East Central Africa. 



Lower part of head rather deeply but widely, upper part 

 finely punctured ; face impressed on either side %vith a more or less 

 distinct oblique fovea ; anterior margin of the clypeus and the man- 

 dibulae black ; antennae robust, the last six joints broadly dilated, 

 entirely black. Thorax convex, twice as broad as long ; sides nearly 

 straight, anterior angles produced into a pointed tooth ; surface 

 closely and finely punctured, impressed on either side by a deep 

 transverse groove. Scutellum black, smooth. Elytra wider than 

 the thorax, subquadrate oblong, deeply transversely depressed below 

 the basilar space, more or less distinctly costate near the lateral 

 margins and on the disk, punctured like the thorax, the punctation 

 diminishing towards the apex. 



In the specimens which I take to be the females the costEe on 

 the elytra are strongly developed and extend to about half their 

 length. This species differs from E. nigripes, Thoms., in the black 

 underside and the antennae, these differences distinguishing it also 

 from E. sanguinea, Oliv. 



Collection of Jacoby. 



8. Euryope minuta, sp. nov. 



Oblong-subquadrate. iEneous, greenish black below ; underside of 

 first joint of the antennae and the entire second joint, together with 

 the femora (base and apex excepted), rufous. 



Length 2| lines. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 



Head moderately convex, extremely finely granulate, covered with 

 close and distinct punctuation ; apex of jaws and a spot at the base 

 of the vertex fulvous. Thorax very convex and rather narrow, the 

 sides greatly deflexed, lateral margins rounded and widened in the 

 middle, anterior angles acute, but not produced, surface minutely gra- 

 nulate and punctured like the head. Elytra short, regularly rounded 

 towards the apex, distinctly depressed below the basilar space, gra- 

 nulate like the rest of the surface, but more finely punctured than 

 either head or thorax. Underside greenish black, deeply punctate, 

 the middle of each femora bright rufous. 



One specimen in my collection. 



Genus Stilodes, Chevr. 



9. Stilodes chapuisi, sp. nov. 



Oblong-ovate. Fulvous; elytra testaceous, geminate punctate- 

 striate, each elytron with four interrupted narrow longitudinal black 

 vittse. 



Length 4 lines. 



Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua. 



