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darker, posterior femora strongly incrassate, their apical portion 

 piceous, posterior tibiae incrassate ; anterior coxal cavities open. 



Hab. Frere, Natal (&'. Marshall). 



A small species, of ovate and convex shape and with dark- 

 coloured leg!*. Lactica marginicollis Jac, L. africana Jac, and 

 L. yahonensis Jac. ought, I think, to fiud their places in Phygasia on 

 account of the shape of tlie thorax; the last-named species is 

 identical vi'ith P. mayna Weise. 



Phylloteeta natalensis, sp. n. 



Flavous, the apical three joints of the antennae, the breast and 

 abdomen piceous ; head and thorax finely punctured and coriaceous ; 

 elytra metallic dark greenish, finely geminate punctate-striate ; 

 posterior femora piceous. 



Length 3 millim. 



Elongate and subcylindrical ; the head flavous, finely granulate 

 and very minutely punctured, the frontal elevations entirely 

 obsolete, clypeus raised and thickened, palpi slender; antennae 

 closely approached at the base, slender, and rather long, flavous, 

 the apical three joints and the preceding one partly piceous or 

 black, basal joint long, the second less than half its size, scarcely 

 shorter than the third joint, the apical joints shorter and thicker; 

 thorax about one-half broader than long, the lateral margins straight 

 and distinctly narrowed in front, the anterior angles obliquely 

 thickened, posterior margin sinuate at each side, the surface 

 very closely and more strongly punctured than the head and finely 

 granulate, flavous ; scutellum extremely short, only just visible ; 

 elytra not wider at the base than the thorax, gradually widened 

 towards the middle, greenish aeneous, closely and finely punctured 

 in double rows, distinct to the apex, the latter broadly rounded ; 

 legs rather robust, flavous, the posterior femora piceous, tibiae with 

 a minute spine, the posterior ones sulcate, the metatarsus of the 

 posterior legs as long as the following joints together ; anterior 

 coxal cavities open ; the breast and abdomen piceous. 

 Hab. Verulara, Natal (6?. Marshall). 



A nearly typical species and distinguished by the geminate 

 punctate-striate elytra. 



(Edionychis eugicollis, sp. n. (Plate XXI. fig. 1.) 



Elavous, the antennae, part of the head, the breast and the legs 

 blackish ; thorax strongly rugose-punctate, with two piceous spots ; 

 elytra closely and strongly rugose-punctate, flavous, the suture 

 and a broad longitudinal band ou the disc, abbreviated posteriorly, 

 dark green. 



Length 6 uiillim. 



Head strongly rugose, the vertex flavous, the lower portion 

 black, frontal elevations strongly raised, fulvous ; clypeus in shape 

 of an acute triangular ridge, piceous ; antennae short and stout, 

 only extending to the base of the thorax, the terminal seven 

 joiiits transversely widened, black, the basal joints flavous, first 



