228 MR. M. .TACOBY ow THE [Mar. 15, 



SCELOBONTA PECTORALIS, sp. HOY. 



Eeddish cupreous, finely pubescent, terminal joints of the 

 antennae and the tarsi black ; head strongly punctured ; thorax 

 transversely strigose; elytra coarsely punctate, the posterior portion 

 finely longitudinally costate ; sides of the breast densely pubescent. 



Length 4 millim. 



Head strongly rugose, the interstices sparingly clothed with 

 single white hairs, the middle with a longitudinal groove, the 

 lateral sulci very deep ; clypeus sculptured like the head, its 

 anterior margin nearly straight, palpi seneous ; antennae with the 

 lower four joints aeneous or cupreous, the rest black ; thorax one- 

 half broader than long, the sides rounded, the whole surface 

 ti'ansversely wrinkled or plicate, without distinct punctiu'es ; 

 scutellum pentagonal, sparingly pubescent and punctured; elytra 

 broader at the base than the thorax, obsoletely depressed below the 

 former, the entire anterior half densely and strongly rugose-punc- 

 tate, the interstices transversely rugose, clothed with single white 

 hairs, semiregularly placed, those near the apex distinctly costate ; 

 the sides of the breast with a stripe of dense white pubescence ; 

 femora with a minute tooth. 



Hah. Estcourt, Natal {G. Marshall). 



This Scelodontn is evidently closely allied to S. raffrayi Lefev., if 

 not identical, but the latter insect is described as metallic green 

 above and of larger size ; and as the two specimens before me agree 

 in every detail I cannot identify them with Lefevre's species, nor 

 with any other, on account of sculptural or other differences. All 

 these forms are A'ery closely allied and can only be recognized by a 

 detailed description of all essential parts of the insect; S. incequalis 

 Fairm. seems to differ in the sculpturing of the upper parts and 

 in the absence of the tomentose stripe on the breast. 



PSETTDIVONGItrS ^NEUS, Sp. nOV. 



Dark greenish aeneous, the basal joints of the antennae and the 

 four antei'ior legs fulvous ; thorax minutely punctured ; elytra 

 extremely finely punctured in obsolete rows, the apex impunctate. 



Length 2 millim. 



Head minutely granulate and very finely punctured, greenish ; 

 the clypeus not separated from the face, deflexed antei-iorly, its 

 anterior margin \\ith a small emargiuation at the middle, labrum 

 fulvous ; eyes very widely separated, surrounded with a very narrow 

 sulcus above ; antennae extending slightly beyond the middle of the 

 elytra, black, the lower four joints fulvous, basal joint thickened, 

 the second slightly shorter but as long as the following joints, the 

 terminal ones distinctly thickened ; thorax three times broader 

 than long, the sides deflexed, the lateral margins nearly straight, 

 the angles distinct, the surface exti*emely finely granulate and 

 minutely punctured ; elytra widened at the middle, pointed at the 

 apex and very convex, the shoulders rounded, the surface very 

 finely aciculate or wrinkled, with closely-approached rows of 

 minute punctures, invisible at the apex, the interstices impressed 



