360 ME. ji. JACOBT OX THE [Mar. 7, 



Length 7 milHm. 



Head flavoiis, the vertex rugose at the sides, the middle impunc- 

 tate, with a black spot, labrum and apex of the mandibles black, 

 frontal tubercles broad, transA'erse, carina distinct : anteunse short, 

 black, the basal joint pale below, iutermediate joints triangularly- 

 widened, terminal ones moniliforni, apical joint ovate, pointed ; 

 thorax twice as broad as long, the sides nearly straight, the surface 

 deeply transversely sulcate, with a few fine scattered punctures, 

 flavous, the anterior portion ■\\ith a black central spot ; scutellum 

 black ; elytra paler than the thorax, finely and closely punctured, 

 the sutiu'al and lateral margins very narrowly black ; helow and 

 the legs flavous, the tibi;e below and at the apex and the tarsi 

 black. 



Hah. Salisbury, Mashonaland (6r. Marshall). 



Closely allied to A. coj^ense Alld., but differing in tlie black 

 elytral margins, which are constant in all the specimens that 

 Mr. Marshall obtained. 



ASBECESTA POLITA, Sp. n. 



Flavous, the head and the antennae black, apical joints of the 

 latter flavous ; thorax impunctate ; elytra closely and rather 

 strongly punctured. 



Length 5 millim. 



Head impunctate, black, the frontal tubercles broad and distinct ; 

 labrum testaceous, stained with piceous ; the antennae extending to 

 the middle of the elytra, robust, black, the basal joints below and 

 the base of each following joint fulvous, the apical three joints 

 flavous ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides straight, the 

 anterior angles slightly pi'oduced into a small tubercle, the disc 

 transversely sulcate at the middle, entirely impunctate, flavous ; 

 scutellum impunctate, flavous ; elytra slightly widened posteriorly, 

 rather strongly and closely punctured, the interstices slightly 

 wrinkled here and there ; below and the legs flavous, claw-joints 

 piceous. 



Mab. Cameroons (Conrad). 



Distinguished from all its alhes by the colour of the head 

 and that of the antennae. I received a single specimen from 

 Dr. Kraatz. 



Malacosoma melanocephalum, sp. n. 



Black, head finely granulate; thorax fulvous, transverse, minutely 

 punctured ; elytra fulvous, finely and closely punctured, the inter- 

 stices finely wrinkled ; legs partly piceous and fulvous. 



Length 4 millim. 



Elongate and parallel ; the head black, broad, very finely granu- 

 late at the vertex and minutely punctured, the frontal tubercles 

 strongly raised but nearly joined and forming a single piece with 

 the clypeus, anterior edge of the latter straight, labrum and palpi 

 testaceous ; antennae extending beyond the middle of the elytra, 



