o30 HR. M. JACOBY OX THE [May IS, 



Head finely and remotely punctured, with a short longitudinal 

 central groove ; clypeus sparingly punctured, not separated from 

 the face, its anterior margin nearly straight ; labrum piceous ; 

 antennae slender, extending to about the middle of the elytra, 

 black, the lower four joints and the base of the fifth fulvous, 

 third joiut slightly shorter than the fourth and fifth, which are 

 equal ; thorax one-half broader than long, the sides evenly rounded, 

 not narrowed in front, the surface strongly and not very closely 

 punctured, with a narrow smooth central space somewhat obsolete, 

 posterior angles indistinct, the disc with a very obsolete depression 

 at each side near the base ; elytra very slightly widened towards 

 the middle, strongly and closely punctured in rows, the interstices 

 also finel}^ but distinctly punctate, especially so near the base, 

 those at the sides raised iuto two or three narrow costaa ; legs 

 piceous, the extreme base of the femora and the anterior legs 

 more or less fulvous. 



Hah. Mashonaland {G. Marshall). 



This insect agrees very nearly with L. punctieolUs in regard to 

 the punctuation of the elytra ; but the shape of the thorax and its 

 sculpture are so different, that I cannot look upon it as identical, 

 although it may represent the female sex of that species. 



In L. puncticollw the sides of the thorax are very strongly rounded 

 and widened, and the disc is very closely and finely punctured : 

 the opposite in regard to both these details is the case in the 

 present species, examples of which are contained in the British 

 Museum collection and in my own. 



Lefeteea mintjta, n. sp. 



Below black, above dark green, basal joints of the antennas 

 fulvous ; thorax extremely closely punctured ; elytra closely 

 punctate-striate, the interstices minutely punctate. 



Length |-1 line. 



In shape resembling a small species of Colasins; the head 

 distinctly and closely punctured, the vertex more distantl_y so ; 

 sides of the clypeus thickened, the latter not separated from the 

 face ; antennas not extending to the middle of the elytra, black, 

 the lower four joints fulvous, third and fourth joints equal, second 

 slightly shorter, terminal joints gradually' thickened ; thorax twice 

 as broad as long, the sides very strongly rounded and widened at 

 the middle, the surface extremely closely and rather strongly 

 punctured ; scutellum broader than long, with a few punctures ; 

 elytra parallel, not wider than the thorax, closely punctate-striate, 

 each puncture provided with an extremely short hair, the inter- 

 stices also closely punctured, those near the lateral margin slightly 

 longitudinally costate : underside and legs blackish, nearly impu- 

 bescent ; prosternum strongly narrowed betw-een the coxae. ' 



Hah. Niger-Benue Exped. {Standinger), 



The smallest species of those here described ; the sides of the 

 thorax very strongly rounded. I received several specimens from 

 Dr. Staudinger. 



