532 MR, M. JACOBT ON THE [May 1 8, 



and c]ose]y punctured and pubescent ; elytra similarly punctured, 

 with short white pubescence arranged in rows ; femora dentate. 



Length 1^ line. 



Head closely punctured and clothed with whitish pubescence, 

 aeneous or cupreous ; labrum f uhous as well as the palpi ; 

 antennae fulvous, the eighth, ninth, and tenth joints fuscous or 

 black, the seventh joint triangularly widened, the following three 

 transverse, the apical joint pointed ; thorax subcylindrical, widened 

 at the middle, the disc with a well-marked transverse depression 

 anteriorly, the punctures closely placed and strongly marked, the 

 interstices clothed with long whitish pubescence ; scutellum 

 pointed at the apex, densely pubescent ; elytra wider at the base 

 than the thorax, narrowed posteriorly, the shoulders prominent, 

 the punctuation similar to that of the thorax and interrupted by 

 rows of short whitish hairs through the entire length of the elytra : 

 underside densely pubescent ; legs fulvous, all the femora with a 

 dislinct tooth. 



Hah. Mashonaland {G. Marshall). Collection Brit. Mus. and 

 my own. 



This is one of the small species which may be known by the 

 colour of the antennae in connection with the strong and close 

 punctuation of the upper surface and the regularly arranged 

 pubescence of the elytra. All the specimens before me agree in the 

 above particulars, but in one the thorax is of a reddish cupreous 

 colour. 



PSEUDOCOLASPIS FEMOBATA, Baly. 



Subquadrate-ovate, bright green, blue, or nearly black ; thorax 

 closely rugose-punctate, strongly convex and narrowed in front : 

 elytra subquadrate, with basal depression, very closely punctured 

 and finely rugose, with single rows of very short, white hairs ; all 

 the femora with a long and acute spine. 



Var. a. Above metallic green or blue ; legs cupreous, apex of 

 tibiae fulvous. 



Var. h. Obscure dark cupreous, scutellum aureous. 



Var. c. Nearly black, opaque as well as the legs. 



Length lg-2 lines. 



Head finely granulate and closely punctured, bright green as 

 • well as the labrum, the lower portion less closely punctate ; 

 antennae extending to the base of the thorax, the lower six joints 

 fulvous, the basal one stained with metallic green above, the 

 terminal five joints black, foi-miug a club, each joint transversely 

 thickened ; thorax subglobose, very convex, distinctly narrowed 

 anteriorly, broader than long, very distinctly and closely punctured, 

 the punctures slightly elongate and evenly distributed over the 

 entire surface ; scutellum broad, the apex pointed at the middle, 

 the surface strongly punctured ; elytra much broader at the base 

 than the thorax, pointed at the apex, the shoulders produced into 

 an acute ridge, the space below the base with a distinct depression, 

 the surface more strongly punctured than the thorax, the 



