378 ME. il. JACOBT ON THE [Mar. 7, 



broad as long near the base, the sides strongly obliquely narrowed 

 in front, nearly straight, the surface entirely impunctate, fulvous ; 

 the basal margin with a finely impressed line or groove ; scutellum 

 broad, pointed, black ; elytra very convex, subcylindrical, black, 

 the apex broadly rounded, the surface with very closely approached 

 rows of fine punctures, which are distinct to the apex ; the breast 

 dark fulvous : the abdomen and the pygidium black ; legs fulvous, 

 the posterior tibiae with a very long spine, their metatarsus very 

 elongate. 



Hah. Cameroons {Conrad). 



This species, of which I received specimens from Dr. Kraatz, 

 differs entirely from any of its allies in the character of the elytral 

 punctation. 



Caudezea salisbueiensis, sp. n. 



Eufous, the antennae and legs flavous; thorax very minutely 

 punctured ; elytra more distinctly and very closely punctured, 

 metallic blue, the extreme apex fulvous. 



Length 5 millim. 



Head with a few fine punctures, rufous, deeply transversely 

 grooved between the antennae, the clypeus swollen ; antennae rather 

 short, flavous, the second joint short, the third about one-half longer, 

 the fourth and following joints slightly widened and shorter, 

 terminal joint more elongate again ; thorax t\nce as broad as long, 

 the sides oblique, straight, the surface very finely and closely 

 punctured ; scutellum fulvous ; elytra more strongly punctured 

 than the thorax, the punctuation extremely close, the interstices 

 very finely wrinkled, metallic blue, the extreme apex fulvous, their 

 epipleurae narrow but distinct below the middle ; underside and 

 legs fulvous, tibiae and tarsi paler or flavous. 



Hah. Salisbury, Mashonaland {Q. MarsliaU). 



Closely allied to C. niijrocariilea Jac, likewise from Salisbury, 

 but larger, the antennae entii'ely flavous, the elytra of a more 

 decided blue colour and with the apex fulvous. I have seen three 

 specimens of this species. 



CaNDEZEA DAHLilAXI, Sp. n. 



Obscure testaceous ; thorax nearly impunctate, transverse; scutel- 

 lum black ; elytra minutely punctured and finely ^lTinkled, very 

 narrowly margined with black : breast black. 



Length 4-5 millim. 



Ovate, slightly widened at the middle, the head impunctate, 

 rather broad, the frontal elevations slightly raised and broad as 

 well as the clypeus ; the antennae extending to about the middle of 

 the elytra, testaceous, the apical joint fuscous, basal joint very long 

 and slender, the second and tliird short, nearly equal ; thorax twice 

 as broad as long, the sides straight, obliquely narrowed, anterior 

 angles slightly thickened, the surface extremely minutely punctured, 

 opaque, obscure testaceous ; scutellum black ; elytra scarcely more 

 distinctly punctured than the thorax, convex, testaceous, all the 



