1899.] PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTEEA. OF ArRICA. 365 



thorax strongly punctured ; elytra metallic dark blue, strongly 

 puuctate-striate, the interstices longitudinally costate. 



Length 2j millim. 



Very closely allied to the preceding species, but appax-ently 

 distinct ; the head with some strong punctures anteriorly, the 

 third joint of the antennae longer, the thorax much less transverse 

 and convex, only about one-half broader than long, the surface 

 very deeply but not very closely punctured ; the elytra as in the 

 preceding species ; the entire underside and legs fulvous. 



Hah. Cameroons. Received from Dr. Kraatz. 



The above-mentioned differences are, I think, sufficient to 

 separate this species, and are probably not sexual, although I have 

 only a single specimen before me ; the structure and sculpture of 

 the thorax differ too much to allow the insect to be united to 

 P. costatipennis, with which it otherwise agrees in generic details. 



ApOPHYLIA MARGIlfATA, Sp. n. 



Fulvous, the upper portion of the head metallic greenish or 

 blue, thorax with three or four bluish spots ; elytra dark blue, 

 Hnely transversely wrinkled, the lateral and apical margins fulvous, 

 breast black. 



Frtr. Underside black. 



Length 6 millim. 



Upper portion of the head finely punctured, dark blue with two 

 fulvous spots or entirely blue, frontal elevations narrowly trans- 

 verse, lower portion fulvous or flavous ; antennae extending to 

 about the middle of the elytra, fulvous, the apex of each joint 

 stained with fuscous, the terminal three or four joints entirely of 

 that colour, thii'd joint shorter than the fourth ; thorax twice as 

 broad as long, the sides rounded, the anterior angles slightly 

 thickened, the posterior ones oblique and rather indistinct, the 

 surface finely and closely punctured and partly rugose, with some 

 obsolete depressions anteriorly ; the disc fulvous, with three bluish 

 spots, the middle one in shape of a V or separated into three 

 smaller spots placed triangularly ; scutellum black ; elytra finely 

 transversely wrinkled, the interstices finely punctured, dark blue, 

 the lateral margin and the apical one more broadly fulvous, their 

 epipleurse bi'oad anteriorly, very narrowed below the middle ; the 

 breast and the abdomen black, finely pubescent, or the breast only 

 of that colour ; tha legs fulvous, the third joint of the tarsi fuscous, 

 the first joint as long as the following joints together; anterior 

 coxal cavities open. 



Hah. Natal, on willow (G. Marshall). 



This species seems allied in coloration to A. nohilitata Gerst., but 

 differs in having the entire upper portion of the head green as 

 well as in the colour of the underside and some other details. 

 A. consanguinea Alld. is described as having a green longitudinal 

 thoracic band, also with three aeneous spots on the vertex. 



