554 ME. M. JACOBT ON THE [May 18, 



legs fulvous; the posterior femora black, prosternum finely 

 punctured. 



Hah. Mashonaland (&'. Marshall). 



I have taken rather arbitrarily the form with black elytra and 

 two fulvous spots for the type, but the species seems subject to 

 great variation in regard to colour. In the typical form each 

 elytron has a subtransverse large red spot placed in the middle ; 

 in the variety a the red colour is so increased as to reduce the 

 black portion to a transverse narrow band at the base and a small 

 sutural spot at the apex, until in the variety h this also disappears 

 and the elytra are entii'ely reddish fulvous ; the posterior femora 

 remain, however, constantly black. 



Phylloteeta mashonats'a, n. sp. 



Elongate, black, shining, the basal joints of the antennae and 

 the base and apex of the tibiae fulvous ; thorax finely, elytra 

 very closely and more strongly punctured. 



Mas. The fourth and fifth joints of the antennae dilated. 



Length 1 line. 



Head finely rugose-punctate, with a short central groove 

 between the antennae, the carina, and the clypeus in shape 

 of acute ridges ; labrum black ; antennte scarcely extending 

 to the middle of the elytra, black, the lower three joints fulvous, 

 the basal joint black above, second and third joints short, equal, 

 fourth thickened, moniliform, fifth similarly thickened but twice 

 s long as broad, subquadrate, the rest subequal, rather short ; 

 thorax one-half broader than long, the sides rounded, the anterior 

 angles slightly oblique and thickened, the surface closely and 

 finely punctured : elytra snbdepressed, rather more strongly 

 punctured than the thorax, the punctures extremely closely and 

 irregularly placed, the interstices here and there slightly wrinkled ; 

 underside and legs black, the base and the apex of the tibiae, as 

 well as the tarsi, fulvous ; prosternum narrowly elongate ; meso- 

 sternum twice as long as broad. 



Hah. Mashonaland {G. Marshall). British Museum and my 

 collection. 



Phylloteeta opaca, n. sp. 



Black, opaque, the basal joints of the antennae and the tibiae 

 and tarsi flavous ; thorax finely, elytra more strongly and closely 

 punctured. 



Length h-^ line. 



Much smaller than P. mashonana and opaque, not shining, the 

 head extremelv finely and rather sparingly punctured, without any 

 frontal tubeix-Ies ; antennae scarcely extending to the middle of tbe 

 elytra, black, the lower three or four joints fiavous, the basal joint 

 elongate, not thickened, the second one slightly longer than the 

 third ( cJ ?), equal in the female, terminal joint not thickened or 

 slightly so, elongate ; thorax about one-half broader than long, the 

 sides straight, the anterior angles oblique, the disc rather deflexed, 



