668 MB. M. .TACOBT OK THE [May 18, 



Lttpeeus breticornis, n. sp. 



Black, finely pubescent ; joints of the antennae short ; thorax 

 and elytra finely coriaceous, opaque. 



Length 1^ line. 



Narrowly elongate and parallel, the head finely rugose and 

 pubescent, with the frontal tubercles small and obsolete ; clypeus 

 with a central ridge ; antennae not extending to the middle of the 

 elytra, black, the second joint small, the following triangularly 

 dilated, but distinctly longer than broad, clothed with stiff pubes- 

 cence ; thorax one-half broader than long, the sides straight, the 

 anterior angles thickened, the posterior mai'gin slightly rounded, 

 the surface very finely wrinkled, opaque, clothed with whitish 

 pubescence, the middle with an obscure central ridge ; scutellum 

 pubescent, triangular ; elytra convex, but depressed along the 

 suture, finely but more distinctly wrinkled than the thorax, and 

 similarly clothed with whitish bairs : underside more shining, 

 sparingly pubescent ; the femora rather robust ; all the tibiae 

 mucronate ; the first joint of the posterior tarsi longer than the 

 following joints together ; the anterior coxal cavities open. 



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



A well distinguished species on account of the structure of the 

 antennae and the pubescence, but otherwise a typical Liiperus. 



Ltjperus mashojS'awus, n. sp. 



Bluish black, above metallic green or blue, the antennae and legs 

 black ; thorax minutely punctured ; elytra very closely and finely 

 punctate. 



Length 3 lines. 



Elongate and parallel; the head minutely granulate, impunctate, 

 the frontal tubercles broad and flat ; the clypeus triangular, also 

 impunctate, its anterior edge testaceous ; labrum and palpi black ; 

 antennae filiform, black, the second joint one-half smaller than 

 the third, the others elongate and pubescent, extending to about 

 the middle of the elytra; thorax twice as broad as long, sub- 

 quadrate, the sides straight, narrowly margined, the anterior 

 angles shghtly thickened and somewhat rounded, the posterior 

 ones acute, the surface minutely granulate and extremely closely 

 and finely punctured, metallic green or blue, sometimes with an 

 obsolete fovea at each side ; scutellum black, impunctate ; elytra 

 as closely but more strongly punctured than the thorax, the in- 

 terstices finely transversely wrinkled : underside and legs black 

 with a metallic blue tint ; legs slender ; the tibiae with a short 

 spine ; the metatarsus of the posterior legs longer than the 

 following joints together ; anterior coxal cavities open. 



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

 own. 



LXJTERTJS SCUTELIiATUS, n. sp. 



Flavous, the scutellum and the breast black ; head finely 



