1898.] PHTTOPHAGorrs coleoptera. of aebioa. 227 



PSEUDOMALEGIA FULTIPES, Sp. nOV. 



Black, clothed with white pubescence, basal joints of the 

 antennae and the legs fulvous ; thorax finely rugose, elytra 

 distinctly punctured in irregular rows. 



Length 2| millim. 



Of an opaque black colour ; the head rugose, clothed with white 

 pubescence ; the clypeus not separated, rather deeply concave ; 

 mandibles fulvous at the base ; antennae rather short, fulvous, the 

 terminal joints slightly darker, the basal two joints swollen, the 

 second one-half the length of the first, the following four joints 

 more elongate and slender, the others thickened ; thorax sub- 

 quadrate, scarcely wider than long, without distinct lateral margin, 

 the surface finely rugose and clothed with rather long white 

 pubescenc;e ; elytra wider at the base than the thorax, distinctly 

 punctured in closely-approached, irregular rows, the interstices 

 furnished with long white pubescence arranged in lines ; below 

 black, legs entirely fulvous, the tibiae not emarginate, claws bifid. 



Hah. Malvern, Natal (&'. MarsliaU). 



This species agrees in the non-emarginate tibiae with P. lefevrei 

 Jac, the only other species of the genus. It differs from this and any 

 of its close allies of the genus Malegia in the entirely black colour, 

 which shows no trace of a metallic gloss, and in the fulvous legs ; 

 the latter in one specimen, however, are stained with piceous. 



Malegia affinis, sp. nov. 



Below yellowish cupreous, finely pubescent, above obscure 

 cupreous, the basal joints of the antennae and the legs fulvous, 

 tarsi black ; thorax finely rugose and pvxbescent, elytra finely 

 punctured, with white pubescence arranged partly in shape of 

 bands. 



Length 3 millim. 



Head finely and closely punctured, clothed with white hairs ; 

 labrum black, lower joints of palpi fulvous, the apical one black ; 

 antennae with the lower six joints fulvous, the rest black ; thorax 

 narrowed anteriorly and posteriorly, closely and finely rugose- 

 punctate and pubescent, the hairs arranged at the middle into a 

 narrow, more or less distinct stripe ; scutellum closely pubescent ; 

 elytra much wider at the base than the thorax and nearly similarly 

 punctured, obscure cupreous, clothed with short white pubescence, 

 which is arranged somewhat in the shape of two transverse bands 

 before and below the middle, near the apex a small whitish spot of 

 hair and another angular band of pubescence can be traced ; under- 

 side of a more brassy tint ; legs robust, fulvous, the intermediate 

 tibifB slightly emarginate at the apex, the tarsi black, claws bifid. 



Hah. Frere, Natal ; on acacia flowers (6r. Marshall). 



This species differs from M. striatula Lefev. in the different 

 elytral sculpture and colour of the legs, and from M. obscurella 

 Lefev., so far as one can judge from a four-lined description, in its 

 larger size and the arrangement of the pubescence on its upper 

 surface as well as by the fulvous femora. 



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