216 ME. M. JACOBY OS THE [Mar. 15, 



rather closely punctured; scutellum black ; elytra with the basal 

 portion very slightly raised, strongly and closely punctate-striate, 

 the punctures more closely approached towards the apex, the 

 interstices costate at the same place, the disc piceous or nearly 

 black, the slioulders with a narrow fulvous band extending a little 

 way down the lateral margin as well as along the base ; underside 

 and legs black and sparingly pubescent. 



£fab. Salisbury, Mashonaland (G. Marshall). Obtained by 

 sweeping on kopjes. 



The very elongate shape of this species and its system of 

 coloration will assist in its recognition. 



PffiCiLOMOKPHA HiESUTA, sp. nov. (Plate XXII. fig. 1.) 



Black, elytra fulvous or flavous, entirely clothed as well as the 

 head and thorax with long yellow pubescence, arranged in shape 

 of three narrow stripes on the head and the thorax ; elytra with 

 two small spots of thicker pubescence. 



Length 6-8 millim. 



Of posteriorly slightly narrow shape, densely clothed with long 

 yellow hairs, the head black, the pubescence forming three narrow 

 longitudinal stripes, not strongly marked ; the clypeus separated 

 from the face by a deep transverse groove ; antennae scarcely ex- 

 tending to the middle of the thorax, black, the terminal seven joints 

 forming a strongly transverse broad club ; thorax subcyliudrical, 

 rather short, blaclc, the pubescence also arranged like that of the 

 head and forming a lateral and central yellow stripe, w hen seen in 

 certain positions ; elytra pale fulvous, remotely and finely punc- 

 tured, each puncture provided A\ith a long black hair, the rest of the 

 surface clothed with long yellow pubescence ; underside blackish, 

 densely pubescent ; legs fulvous, tarsi blackish. 



Hah. Umfuli River, Mashonaland (&. Marshall). 



This species is more thickly covered with hairs than any of its 

 congeners, and in certain lights two small pale spots at and below 

 the middle are seen on the elytra, the latter spot extending also 

 downwai'd along the suture, as is the case in P. tomeniosa Lac. 

 I have seen three specimens of this species. 



Mblitonoma marshalli, sp. nov. (Plate XXII. fig. 5.) 



Black, finely pubescent below, thorax fulvous, nearly impunctate ; 

 elytra deeply and coarsely punctured, fulvous, a transverse spot 

 before the middle and a dentate band near the apex black ; tibia? 

 and tarsi fulvous. 



Length 5 millim. 



Head black, finely strigose and pubescent between the eyes ; 

 antennae black, the second and third joints fulvous ; thorax strongly 

 transverse, slightly nai-rowed anteriorly, the posterior angles 

 rounded, the surface nearly impunctate, fulvous, the base with a 

 short transverse groove in front of the scutellum and a few punc- 

 tures at the same place ; scutellum black ; elytra subcylindrical, 

 fulvous, closely impressed with large and deep punctures, the 



