1882.] SPECIES OF PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTKHA, 57 



Length 2-2ii^ lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



Head impunctate, with a short transverse groove between the eyes, 

 the latter very large, black. Antennae rather closely approached, 

 the four basal joints flavous, the rest pieeous, joints 2 and 3 

 very short. Thorax transverse, the sides slightly rounded, anterior 

 margin straight, posterior much rounded ; surface impunctate, flavous. 

 Elytra \'ery closely and finely punctured, with a transverse rufous band 

 at the base, tlie posterior margin of which is irregularly sinuate, and 

 a small spot of the same colour situated behind the middle and close 

 to the sutural margin. Underside and legs flavous. Breast shining 

 black. 



Two specimens are contained in my collection,received from the 

 Mus. Godeffroy at Hamburg. 



Malacosoma, Chev. 



12. Malacosoma politum, sp. nov. 



Oblong, convex, black. Thorax fulvous, impunctate : elytra 

 testaceois, extremely minutely punctured ; legs and antennae black. 



Length 3 lines. 



Hab. South Africa. 



Head black, pubescent, with a more or less distinct central longi- 

 tudinal groove at the vertex. Antennae short and robust ; the 

 second joint the shortest ; the third and fourth joints of equal length ; 

 the rest subcylindrical, slightly thickened. Thorax transversely 

 convex, its sides rounded, especially anteriorly, the anterior angles 

 slightly tuberculate ; surface convex, entirely impunctate, fulvous. 

 Scutellum black. Elytra convex, impunctate like the thorax, or 

 visibly punctured only when seen under a strong lens ; testaceous, 

 very shining. Underside and legs rather thickly covered with 

 yellow pubescence. 



The highly polished upper surface of the present species, which is 

 totally impunctate, will distinguish it from M. iusitanicum, with which 

 it agrees in coloration. 



Collection Jacoby. 



13. Malacosoma quadrimaculatum, sp. nov. 



Oblong, testaceous ; antennae, tibiie, and tarsi black ; elytra very 

 finely punctured, testaceous, a small longitudinal spot at the base 

 and a band from base to apex, greatly narrowed anteriorly, black. 



Length 3 lines. 



Hah. Natal. 



Head convex, very minutely punctured, with a distinct transverse 

 sinuate groove between the eyes. Antennae half the length of the 

 body ; second joint short ; third and fourth joints elongate, of equal 

 length ; the basal one fulvous, the rest black. Thorax narrowly trans- 

 verse, nearly three times as broad as long; surface distinctly but 

 irregularly punctured, fidvous. Scutellum nearly semicircular, flavous, 

 smooth. Elytra rather more finely and closely punctured than the 

 tborax; of tlic same colour as the latter: each elvtron with an elongate 



