226 MB. M. JACOBT ON PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA [Mar. 6, 



known and only one or two from Africa, of which P. parvula Jac. 

 seems closely allied, but is much smaller, of metallic gloss and 

 quite different punctatiou. Whether the short sparing pubes- 

 cence of the present insect is normal or whether the specimens 

 before me are rubbed I cannot say, but all agree in this respect. 



Scelodokta sexplagiata, sp. n. (Plate XX. fig. 5.) 



Cupreous, the apical joints of the antennae black ; thorax 

 transverse, finely transversely rugose, with two small white pubes- 

 cent spots ; elytra strongly punctured and transversely wrinkled, 

 each elytron with six white pubescent spots (1.2.2.1) ; flanks of 

 the thorax and sides of the breast densely clothed with white 

 pubescence. 



Length 4 millira. 



Head strongly punctured, the interstices with some short white 

 hairs, supra-ocular grooves very deep ; clypeus broad, strongly 

 punctured ; antennae proportionately long, cupreous, the apical 

 five joints black, strongly widened ; thorax twice as broad as long, 

 the sides strongly rounded, the entire surface covered with trans- 

 verse rugosities, the sides with a small pubescent white spot ; 

 scutellum subpentagonal ; elytra wider at the base than the thorax, 

 narrowed posteriorly, very closely and strongly punctured in 

 irregular rows, the sides transversely rugose, each elytron with six 

 white small pubescent spots placed as follows : — one at the middle 

 of the basal margin, one at the lateral margin below the shoulders, 

 another further inwards in a line with the lateral spot, two placed 

 transversely below the middle and slightly oblique, and i he sixth at 

 the extreme apex ; patches of dense white hairs are also placed at 

 the flanks of the thorax and the sides of the breast ; femora armed 

 with a small tooth. 



Bab. Malvern, Natal. 



I have received several specimens of this very distinct and 

 handsome species from Mr. C. Barker of Natal. 



Mecistes chaputsi, sp. n. 



Black, the basal joints of the antennae and the legs fulvous ; 

 head and thorax finely rugose, sparingly pubescent ; elytra strongly 

 and closely rugose-punctate, the interstices with longitudinal rows 

 of short hairs ; femora with a small tooth. 



Length 4 millim. 



Head finely rugose and clothed with short yellowish pubescence ; 

 labrum piceous ; antennas scarcely extending beyond the thorax, 

 fulvous, the apical joints more or less infuscate, strongly trans- 

 verse ; thorax subcorneal, narrowed in front, the basal margin 

 slightly concave at the sides, the median lobe truncate, produced, 

 the surface closely rugose-punctate, the lateral margin rounded at 

 the middle and widened, the disc covered with short yellow 

 pubescence ; scutellum pentagonal ; elytra much wider at the base 

 than the thorax, ovate and convex, very closely punctured, the 

 interstices slightly longitudinally raised and furnished with rows 



