by C. N. Barker. 115 
of a Lobodontus (not abruptly truncate), I should have attached it 
unhesitatingly to this genus. It is an interesting connecting link 
between these two genera and makes it doubtful whether Lobodontus 
is other than a synonym of dArsinoe. 
Length 7} mm. Width 3 mm. 
Hab. Salisbury, Rhodesia. 
HAPLOPEZA UMTALIA, sp. nov. 
Head and prothorax metallic greenish-blue. Elytra dark metallic 
purplish-blue; antenne black, the first three joints glabrous, the 
other joints pubescent and setose. The basal joint more or less 
reddish at base. Palpi and mouth-parts rufescent. Legs clear flavus 
with the tarsi and apex of the tibie infuscated. Prosternum and 
pectus blue-black, abdomen and pygidium flavous. Of the same size 
and shape as H. violacea, Boh. Head and prothorax identical, but 
the elytral strie are deeper and punctulated ; the intervals decidedly 
convex instead of plane. It may be only a local race of H. violacea 
which in some examples shows a disposition towards reddish in the 
posterior femora and about the knees, but the sculpture of the elytra 
is distinctly different and the antennz are more pubescent. 
Length 7 mm. Width 3 mm. 
Hab. Unmtali, Rhodesia. 
PENTAGONICA O’NEILI, sp. nov. 
Head black to piceous.red; mouth-parts and first three joints of 
antenne dark brown; terminal joints of latter redder and lighter. 
Thorax flavus ; legs and pectus pale flavescent ; abdomen brownish. 
Elytra dilute fuscous brown, broadly margined with pale flavescent. 
Head and prothorax smooth ; the latter transverse, widest at about 
middle where it is sharply angled and setose. Thence it contracts 
rapidly to base, which is very narrow, with scarcely a trace of 
sinuation at outer basal angle. The disc convex, with a narrow 
median groove which deflects outwardly a little above base; the 
lateral margins sharp and recurved. Elytra shallowly punctato-striate 
with the intervals plane; shoulders squarely rounded; sides nearly 
straight to beyond middle and gently rounded to apex. 
Length 4} mm. Width 2 mm. 
Hab. Salisbury, Rhodesia. Four examples received from my 
friend the Rev. J. A. O'Neil, S.J., to whose generosity I am indebted 
for a great many new and interesting species included in my 
collection. 
