1897.] PHYTOPHAGOUS COLBOPTERA OP AFRICA. 529 



tlie others black, distinctly thickened; thorax scarcely twice as 

 broad as long, the sides rounded, scarcely narrowed anteriorly, 

 the angles distinct, the surface convex, strongly and closely 

 punctured, dark greenish, not very shining ; elytra parallel, sub- 

 cylindrical, finely punctate-striate in closely approached rows ; the 

 interstices minutely punctate; legs entirely fulvous, rather robust. 



Hub. Mashoualand (6r. Marshall). British Mus. coll. and my 

 own. 



Whether this species is the male of the preceding one I am 

 unable to say. I have not enough specimeus for examination, as 

 only two were obtained, and those are glued to cards ; but the 

 dilated anterior tarsi are no doubt peculiar to the male sex, as in 

 mostEumolpidag. Since, however, the antennse differ in colour and 

 structure, and the thorax entirely in shape and punctuation, as 

 well as the legs in colour, I cannot look upon the present insect as 

 identical ; but the elytra show scarcely any diiference in regard to 

 the punctuation. 



LePETHEA ABDOMrtfALIS, n. sp. 



Metallic greenish or bluish, the antennae (the apical joints 

 excepted), the legs, and the abdomen fulvous; thorax very strongly 

 and remotely punctured; elytra bluish, finely punctate-striate. 



Length 1^ line (3 milhm.). 



Head strongly but not closely punctured, greenish aeneous ; 

 labrum fulvous ; antennae not extending to the middle of the 

 elytra, robust, fulvous, the three or four apical joints fuscous, 

 the third and fourth joints equal, slightly longer than the second 

 one, the fifth slightly longer, the following three joints slightly 

 dilated ( d ), the apical ones thinner again, the last more elougate ; 

 thorax about one-half broader than long, the sides modez'ately 

 rounded, the surface greenish, impressed with deep and round 

 punctures not closely placed ; elytra subcylindrical, bluish, finely 

 punctate-striate, the punctures slightly larger at the base, the 

 interstices smooth and impunctate ; breast dark and aeneous ; 

 abdomen and legs fulvous, the anterior tarsi rather short and 

 robust. 



Hah. Mashonaland {G. Marshall). Coll. Brit. Mus. and my 

 own. 



The two specimens before me are evidently males, and differ in 

 every respect from the preceding species in regard to details, but 

 not generically. The structure of the antennae and the colour of 

 the abdomen and legs will separate the species at once. 



Lepevrea intermedia, n. sp. 



Dark greenish or bluish, the basal joints of the antennae and 

 thfe anterior legs fulvous ; thorax strongly and subremotely punc- 

 tm-ed ; elytra closely punctate-striate, the interstices distinctly 

 punctured, partly costate at the sides. 



Length 1^ line. 



