1S97.] ox THE PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA OF AFKICA. 527 



3. Farther Contributions to the Knowledge of the Phyto- 

 phagous Coleoptera of Africa^ including Madagascar. 

 —Part IL' By Martin Jacoby, F.E.S. 

 [Eeceived May 14, 1897.] 

 (Plate XXXIV.) 



This paper is thts continuation o£ my previous one on African 

 and Madagascar Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Mr. Gr. 

 Marshall, M. AUuaud, and others, principally in Mashonaland ; it 

 deals with the Eumolpince, Haltidnce, aud Galerucince. A con- 

 siderable number of species at present undetermined will, I hope, 

 form the subject of a supplement. 



EuMOIiPIN^i;. 



Lefetrea, n. gen. 



Body oblong, smooth; antenna? filiform, the apical joints some- 

 times thickened ; the clypeus not separated from the face ; eyes 

 entire ; thorax transverse, of equal width, the sides rounded, with 

 a distinct margin ; elytra wider at the base than the thorax, 

 punctate-striate ; femora unarmed, tibiae entire, claws appendicu- 

 late ; presternum much narrowed between the coxse, the anterior 

 margin of the thoracic episternum concave. 



This genus is proposed for the reception of a species having the 

 appearance of a Colaspis, but with rounded thoracic margins ; it will 

 enter the group of Ijjhimeince, but cannot be included in any of the 

 genera composing it, on account of: the unarmed femora and not 

 emarginate tibiae : there are at present no African representatives 

 of that group known. From Iphimoichs, Jac, the very narrow pro- 

 sternum and the structure of the face will distinguish the present 

 genus. 



Lefeveea tenbicolle, n. sp. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 3.) 



Dark greenish aeneous, the basal joints of the antennae and the 

 legs fulvous ; thorax very strongly punctured ; elytra pale fulvous, 

 finely punctate-striate ; abdomen fulvous. 



Length 1| line. 



Head broad, greenish aeneous, shining, remotely and strongly 

 punctured, the vertex more finely and distinctly punctate ; clypeus 

 very strongly punctured, its anterior margin concave ; labrum and 

 palpi fulvous ; antennae not extending to the middle of the elytra, 

 pale fulvous, the apical joints fuscous, basal joint thickened, 

 second joint nearly as long as the following two joints, the apical 

 five joints thickened ; thorax nearly twice as broad as long, the 

 sides rounded, the angles distinct, the basal margin very slightly 



» For Part I., see P. Z. S. 1897, p. 238. 



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