1897.] paXTOPHAGOliS COLEOPTEBA OE AEEICA. 249 



fiavous, strongly and semi-regularly punctured, a spot on the 

 shoulders and a transverse baud near the apex black ; tibiae and 

 tarsi flavous. 



Length 3-3 1 lines. 



Head black : the vertex smooth, convex, the lower portion 

 rugose-punctate ; antenna scarcely extending to the middle of the 

 elytra, black, the lower four joints fulvous ; thorax with strongly 

 deflexed sides, the lateral margins but slightly rounded, the surface 

 subcylindrical, extremely sparingly and finely punctured, reddish- 

 fulvous, a short elongate spot at the middle and a small spot at 

 each side black; scutellum broad, black; elytra with closely 

 approached rows of strong punctures, which are rather irregularly 

 placed at the base, flavous, a spot on the shoulder and a transverse 

 band at some distance from the apex extending to the sides black ; 

 underside closely pubescent, the greater portion of the tibiae and 

 the tarsi flavous. 



Uab. Delagoa Bay, Zambezi Eiver. 



Of this species 1 possess three specimens, which agree very 

 nearly with each other, except that in two of them the small 

 lateral spot on the thorax is wanting. I am unable to find any 

 species or variety described by Lacordaire or others which agrees 

 with the present insect ; there are no lateral stripes of the elytra 

 or sutural ones, as in so many species of this genus, and the 

 punctuation of the elytra is strong and closely placed ; the tibiae 

 and tarsi in all the specimens are nearly entirely fulvous. 



Peploptera angulato-fasciata, n. sp. 



Black ; thorax fulvous, with a short central black stripe, the 

 sides punctured ; elytra paler, strongly punctured anteriorly ; a spot 

 on the shoulders and an angulate narrow- band below the middle 

 black. 



Length 3| Hues. 



Subcylindrical ; the vertex convex, finely punctured, with a deep 

 central groo\e ; lower portion of face rugose ; antennae extending 

 to half the length of the thorax only, fuscous, the lower four 

 joints fulvous ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides nearly 

 straight, narrowed anteriorly, the median lobe slightly produced, 

 truncate, the surface convex, reddish fulvous, with some distinct 

 punctures near the anterior margin and at the posterior angles, as 

 well as along the basal margin, the latter at the middle narrowly 

 black, the centre with another short longitudinal black stripe ; 

 scutellum black, impunctate, its apex truncate ; elytra distinctly 

 lobed at the sides below the shoulders, strongly punctured in 

 closely approached, semi-regular rows, the posterior portion nearly 

 impunctate ; the shoulders \\i\h an elongate black spot, a strongly 

 angulate narrow transverse band is placed immediately below the 

 middle, the angulate portion being directed towards the apex; 

 the suture is likewise black near the extreme apex ; underside and 

 legs strongly pubescent ; legs and tarsi very robust. 



Hah. Transvaal. 



