250 MB. M, JACOBT ON THE [Teb. 2, 



Of this species I possess two specimens ; they are at once dis- 

 tinguished by the strongly angulate band which forms a right 

 angle near the sides, without extending to either margin. 



Peplopteba uumekalis, n. sp. 



Subcylindrical, black, clothed with grey pubescence below, 

 above fulvous ; thorax minutely punctured, the sides and the 

 anterior mai-gin fulvous, the base black ; elytra regularly punctate- 

 striate, fulvous, the suture and the lateral margin posteriorly, a 

 broad transverse band near the apex, and an oblif^ue stripe on the 

 shoulder black. 



Var. Thorax fulvous, with three black bands ; elytra more 

 finely punctured, the posterior band absent ; rest as in the type ; 

 tibiae fulvous. 



Length 4 lines. 



Head finely and closely punctured, black ; the vertex swollen, 

 separated by a transverse groove from the face ; eyes large, but 

 slightly notched ; antennae extending to half the length of the 

 thorax, black, the lower three joints fulvous ; thorax scarcely 

 twice as broad as long, the sides nearly straight at the base, evenly 

 rounded in front, the surface convex, extremely minutely and 

 sparingly punctured, black, the sides and the anterior margin 

 narrowly fulvous, this colour narrows gradually towards the base, 

 but widens into the black portion at its anterior margin at each 

 side ; scutellum black, small ; elytra rather strongly and regularly 

 punctate-striate, the punctures much finer and irregular near the 

 apex, the space between the shoulders and the lateral margins 

 impunctate, each elytron with about nine or ten rows of punctures, 

 of which some are more closely approached than others, especially 

 those near the suture and at the sides, the colour flavous or pale 

 fulvous, a broad black band is placed across the suture near the 

 apex, sending upwards a narrow sutiu-al branch as well as a mar- 

 ginal one, both of which extend slightly beyond the middle of the 

 elytra, another oblique short stripe, directed inwards, is placed on 

 the shoulders, not touching the lateral band, the extreme lateral 

 and apical margins are likewise black ; underside and legs of the 

 same colour, densely clothed with silvery-grey pubescence ; tarsi 

 broad, prosternal ridge distinct. 



Bab. Lake Nyassa ; var. Port Natal. 



This and the following species of Peploptera (Diapromorpba) 

 seem to be distinct from any species described by Lacordaire or 

 since, although closely aUied to many of them, nor do they agree 

 with any of the varieties given, and I must look upon them as 

 distinct; the general coloration is, however, more or less the same 

 in nearly all species, m hich makes their determination very difficult 

 unless other characters are taken in connection. The present 

 species seems closely allied to P. postica, Lac, but differs in several 

 details, principally in the oblique elytral shoulder-stripe, which is 

 not found in any of the allied species ; the variety agrees in that 

 respect, but the posterior band is absent and the thorax is fulvous, 



