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GrTNANDEOPHTHALMA NATAlElSrSIS, n, Sp. 



Elongate, narrow, black, the vertex with two small fulvous spots ; 

 thorax impunctate ; elytra very strongly and semi-regularly punc- 

 tured, fulvous, a spot below the middle, near the suture, black. 



Var. Elytra without spots. 



Length 2 lines. 



Of narrow, nearly cylindrical shape ; the head impunctate at 

 the vertex, the latter with a small fulvous spot above the eyes, 

 lower portion rugosely punctured, the middle with a distinct round 

 fovea; antennsp scarcely extending to the base of the thorax, black, 

 the second and third "joints obscure fulvous ; thorax more than 

 twice as broad as long, the sides obliquely rounded, narrowed in 

 front, the surface rather convex, entirely impunctate, shining black ; 

 scutellum very broad, triangular, the apex slightly raised, the surface 

 impunctate ; elytra very sirongly punctured in closely-approached 

 semi-regular rows, the sides with a more or less distinct narrow 

 costa from the shoulder to the apex, a small black spot is placed 

 near the suture below the middle ; underside and legs covered with 

 greyish pubescence, black ; the first joint of the tarsi scarcely longer 

 than the second. 



Eab. Natal. 



The narrow subcylindrical shape of this species, the colour of 

 the head and thorax^ and the two small fulvous spots on the vertex 

 will help to distinguish it from any of its allies. I possess three 

 specimens, two of which are without the elytral spots. 



Gynandeophthalma atripennis, Lac. 



Specimens were obtained by Mr. G. Marshall at Estcourt, Natal, 

 which entirely agree \^ ith Lacordaire's description : a specimen in 

 my collection is, however, of an entirely pale fulvous colour, but 

 differs in no other way whatever ; it was likewise obtained at Natal. 

 Lacordaire in his description gives the thorax as twice as long as 

 broad, which of course should be reversed, it being evidently a 

 misprint. 



Gtnandbophthalma seminigba, Jac. 



I have now found, unfortunately too late, that this species, 

 described by me in the 'Entomologist,' 1891, is identical with 

 Olythra intersecta, lUig. 



Cbyptocephaltjs LiTiNGSTONi, n. sp. (Plate XVII. fig. 11.) 



Black ; thorax coarsely punctured, flavous, with a transverse 

 black band ; elytra strongly punctate-striate, the interstices finely 

 wrinkled, flavous, two connected spots at the base, another below 

 the middle, and the extreme margins black. 



Var. a. Thorax black, narrowly margined with flavous. 



Var. b. Thorax as in the type ; elytra with a single shoidder- 

 spot only. 



Length lg-l| line. 



