248 3IE. M. JACOBX oy TiiE [Feb. 2, 



black, the lower three joints fulvous ; thorax rather more thau 

 twice as broad as long, narrowed in front, the sides but slightly 

 rounded, the surface very finely but not closely punctured, with a 

 slight depression near the posterior augles, which is a little more 

 strongly punctured, basal lobe broadly produced, narrowly mar- 

 gined with black as well as the anterior margin at the middle ; 

 scutellum broader than long, black, shining ; elytra strongly lobed 

 at the sides below the shoulders, very closely and rather regularly 

 punctured in rows, flavous or fulvous, a small spot on the 

 shoulders, another near the suture below the scutellum, and two 

 rather larger ones below the middle, placed transversely, black, of 

 these spots the inner ones are the. largest ; underside and legs 

 clothed with yellowish pubescence, tarsi broad and robust. 



Hab. Praetoria, also East Africa. 



Closely allied to P. ecJdoni, Lac, but the thorax without any band 

 or spots and the general size smaller. The two specimens contained 

 in my collection agree in every way with each other ; for all that, 

 it may be that the species represents but a variety of P. eckloni. 



Peplopteea collaeis, n. sp. 



Black ; basal joints of the antennae fulvous ; thorax convex, im- 

 punctate, fulvous, the base with tw o large black spots ; elytra finely 

 and remotely punctured, fiavous, a sutural and lateral narrow stripe 

 black. 



Length 4 lines. 



Head black ; the vertex convex and smooth, the other part 

 finely rugose and depressed between the eyes ; the clypeus more 

 sparingly punctm-ed ; labrum and palpi black ; antennae only 

 extending to the middle of the thorax, black, the lower four 

 joints fulvous, basal joint strongly incrassate ; thorax twice as 

 broad as long, the sides rounded, the anterior margin concave, 

 the surface rather strongly convex, impunctate, reddish fulvous, 

 the base with a large subquadrate black patch at each side, ex- 

 tending upwards to the middle, but both well separated ; scutellum 

 black, its apex truncate ; elytra finely but distinctly punctured in 

 semi-regulai" but rather widely separated rows, flavous, the suture 

 mth a narrow black band, not extending to the base, the sides 

 with a similar band (leaving only the basal lobe of the ground- 

 colour), abbreviated near the apex, the extreme apical margin 

 like\vise narrowly black ; underside and legs black, finely pubes- 

 cent, the tarsi broad and robust. 



Hah. Tabora, Ounyamyembe. 



Of this species I possess a single example ; it is a comparatively 

 large species, and differs from its congeners in the broad sub- 

 quadrate black patches of the thorax in connection with the 

 sculpture and pattern of the elytra. 



Peplopteea fulvitaesis, n. sp. 



Subcylindrical, black ; thorax extremely finely punctured, rufous 

 a central elongate and two lateral round spots black ; elytra 



