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interstices transversely wrinkled and costate near the apex ; the interior 

 of tlie punctures, especially near the lateral and sutural margins, 

 metallic green. Underside and legs fulvous, closely covered with 

 fine silvery pubescence. 

 In my collection. 



Cheiridea, Baly. 



8. Cheiridea subrugosa, sp. nov. 



Oblong, convex, metallic green, pubescent. Legs cupreous. Tho- 

 rax deeply punctate, its sides serrate. Elytra pnnctate-striate and 

 transversely rugose, subpubescent, metallic green, with a broad 

 transverse black band at the middle. 



Length 4 lines. 



Hah. Cameroons. 



Head rugose punctate, thinly covered with long white hairs. 

 Labrum and jaws, as well as the palpi, black. Antennee nearly 

 half the length of the body, the joints robust and (with the exception 

 of the first three joints) elongate, black. Thorax subquadrate, its 

 sides slightly rounded and serrate, all the angles acute ; surface deeply 

 and rather closely punctured, the interstices laterally transversely 

 wiinkled ; metallic green, covered with thin white hairs at the sides. 

 Scutellum pentagonal, thickly covered with white pubescence. Elytra 

 wider than the thorax, convex at the middle and acutely pointed at 

 the apex, irregularly transversely rugose and deej)ly punctured, the 

 interstices subcostateat the disk, metallic green, this'colour divided at 

 the middle of each elytron by a broad transverse black band which 

 does not quite reach the suture, this band is limited anteriorly and 

 ])osteriorly by thick white pubescence, which is also prominent towards 

 the apex in the shape of longitudinal striae, principally near the 

 sutural margin. Underside obscure metallic green, closely pubescent. 

 Legs cupreous, femora without tooth. Claws appendiculate. 



In my collection. 



This handsome species bears a close resemblance to Pseudocolaspis 

 timialithus, Thonis., in regard to shape and colour, and might be easily 

 mistaken for that species if the generic characters were not totally 

 different. The serrate sides of the thorax, filiform antennae, and the 

 appendiculate claw show it, however, to belong to Ealy's genus 

 Cheiridia, described in the Journ.Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xiv. p. 2.J3. 



IIalticid.e. 

 DiAMPHiDiA, Gerstiicker. 



y. DiAJIPHIDIA ANGOLENSIS, Sp. nOV. 



. Broadly ovate, convex, testaceous or tlavous. Anteunte simple, 

 black ; sides of the breast, knees, tibiae and tarsi, three spots on 

 the head, and five on the thorax blf.ck ; elytra very closely punctured, 

 black, sutural and lateral margins and a' pear-shaped spot from the 

 base to the middle flavous. 



Length 4^-5 lines. 



Jlah. Angola (Africa). 



