234 iiR. Ji. JACOBT ON THE [Mar. 15, 



similarly piiuctured, tlie interstices everywhere transversely rugose, 

 sparingly pubescent. 



Fern. Larger, obscure aeneous, the sides m ith a I'ow of tubercles. 



Length 4-5 millim. 



Of subcjlindrical parallel shape, of a leaden blue or light green 

 colour ; the head minutely granulate, rather closely and strongly 

 punctured ; the labrum, the base of the mandibles, and that of the 

 palpi more or le.ss fulvous, apical joint of the latter black ; antennae 

 long and slender, black, the basal two joints fulvous below, the 

 first one metallic green above, the extreme apex of the following 

 joints flavous, terminal joints slightly thickened, much longer than 

 broad ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides rounded, very 

 slightly narrowed towards the apex, the angles distinct but not 

 produced, the surface convex, rather closely impressed with deep 

 round punctures, the interstices with some very short white hairs, 

 more distinctly visible near the margins ; scutellum with a few 

 deep punctures ; elytra very similarly sculptured as in the pre- 

 ceding species, the shoulders smooth, round and raised ; underside 

 and legs metallic blue, more shining than the upper surface and 

 clothed with much longer pubescence, the coxa} fulvous. 



Hah. Tugela Eiver near Wernen, JSTatal (about 2-500 ft.) 

 {G. Marshall). 



Like the preceding, the present species is clothed with very short 

 pubescence visible only under a strong lens, and the elytra show 

 the same rugosities throughout, but the former are not in the 

 least widened posteriorly and are parallel ; the thorax is differently 

 sculptured, without rugosities, and the general colour is that of an 

 opaque purplish-blue or green. The female does not differ in any 

 way, but is larger, of a darker aeneous colour, and the sides are 

 furnished with a row of tubercles, forming a ridge from the 

 shoulders nearly to the apex. 



COLASPOSOMA PUBIPENNE, sp. nOV. 



^Eneous, finely pubescent, the labrum, antennae, and the legs 

 fulvous ; thorax extremely closely and rather finely punctured ; 

 elytra more strongly and remotely punctured, finely pubescent, 

 the sides with a transverse deep depression below the base, finely 

 wrinkled. 



Length 6 millim. 



Of a dark bronze colour : the head very closely and distinctly 

 punctured ; the clypeus not separated from the face, semicircularly 

 emarginate anteriorly, the whole surface sparingly clothed with 

 white pubescence ; labrum fulvous ; antennae extending to the 

 middle of the elytra, fulvous, the basal joint short and thick, the 

 second shorter than the third, the following more elongate, the 

 last four joints distinctly thickened, extreme apex of the last joint 

 black ; thorax three times as broad as long, convex, the sides 

 rounded, clothed with white pubescence, the surface extremely 

 closely and finely punctured ; scutellum broader than long, with a 

 few punctures ; elytra closely, evenly, and more strongly punctured 



