1897.] PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTEEA OF AFRICA. 563, 



Hah, Mashonaland (6r. Marsliall), British Museum and my, 

 collection. 



Of more subcylindrical and pointed shape than 0. antennata, the 

 antennae and legs of different colour, the terminal joints of the 

 former more strongly thickened, the head and thorax still more 

 closely punctured, and the elytral punctuation less regular. 



CH^TOCJfEMA MASHONANA, n. Sp. ^ 



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

 tibiae and tarsi fulvous ; head sparingly punctured ; thorax finely 

 and closely punctate ; elytra strongly puuctate-striate, the inter- 

 stices longitudinally convex, minutely granulate. 

 Length 1-1| line. 



Head broad, with a few distinct punctures near the eyes at the 

 vertex, the sides with a deep oblique groove ; frontal elevations 

 absent ; clypeus ending in a broad point between the antennae, 

 with a few coarse punctures at each side, the sides below the eyes 

 also strongly punctured and pubescent ; antennae extending beyond 

 the middle of the elytra, shorter in the female, slender, the lower 

 four joints fulvous, the rest dark, the base of each joint pale, 

 basal joint long and slender, second also proportionately long, 

 slightly shorter than the third joint, the following joints nearly 

 equal ; thorax rather more than twice as broad as long, the sides 

 straight and slightly narrowed in front, the anterior angles 

 thickened, the basal margin accompanied by an impressed line and 

 with a very obsolete, little, oblique groove at each side, often 

 scarcely visible, the surface minutely granulate, finely and closely 

 punctured, with a row of stronger punctures accoaipanying the 

 basal margin ; scutellum broader than long ; elytra rather elongate, 

 pointed posteriorly, strongly and regularly punctate-striate, the 

 subsutural row likewise regular, the interstices convex throughout 

 and minutely granulate : underside piceous or nearly black ; 

 posterior femora very strongly incrassate, aeneous ; tibiae robust, 

 fulvous, the posterior four with a distinct tooth. 



Hub. Mashonaland (6'. Marshall). Collection British Museum 

 and my own. 



Much smaller than C. nataleiisis, Baly, and without frontal 

 tubercles or carina ; the clypeus also smooth except at the sides, 

 the thorax with finely granulate interstices, not smooth and 

 shining as in that species, and the elytra with convex interspaces. 

 O. wollastoni, Baly, has a strongly- punctured head and rounded 

 sides of the thorax, besides differing in other details. 



Neodeea fulva, n. sp. 



Fulvous, the apical four joints of the antennae black ; thorax 

 impunctate, with deep basal sulcus ; elytra with the basal portion 

 raised, entirely impunctate. 



Length 2-2| hnes. 



Of elongate parallel shape, the head impunctate, frontal 

 tubercles and carina small and thick ; antennae extending nearly 



