1906.] KEW AFRICAN CURCULIONID-K. 941 



central carina ; colour dull black, with very spai'se white scales 

 above and much denser yellowish scaling on the under parts. 

 Elytra jointh" sinuate at base, broadest at the shoulders, which 

 are roundly prominent and thence gradually narrowed to apes i 

 upper surface flattened in the basal half but convex posteriorly, 

 with deep strongly punctured striae, the intervals narrow but 

 plane and rugosely punctiu-ed ; colour black, with very sparse 

 white scaling, a subquadrate patch of dense creamy scaling at the 

 base of intervals 2 to 4 and an elongate sutural patch near apex ; 

 under parts with dense creamy-white scaling. Legs black or 

 piceous, evenly clothed with rather thin white scaling ; all femora 

 with a large sharp tooth. 



Mashonalaxd: Salisbury and Umcheki E. {G.A. K. J/.). 



Type in the British Museum. 



Phacemastix pardalis, sp. nov. (Plate LXVII. fig. 3.) 



Long. 7i-8i, lat. 3A-3| mm. 



Colour dull black, with numerous large white spots, which are 

 fewer on the thorax ; underside -svith uniform dense white scaling 

 except on the apical segments of the abdomen, which are black 

 with three white spots. 



Head subconical, closely and coarsely punctured, black, with a 

 large subquadrate patch of white scales below each eye ; eyes 

 closely approximated above but not contiguous. Eostrvm about 

 as long as prothorax, distinctly cuiwed, broadest at base and 

 gradually narrowed to beyond middle, thence slightly ■v^ddening to 

 apex , apical portion flattened, shining, and with fine scattered 

 punctuation leaving an impunctate central line with a short 

 central stria between the antennaj ; basal poi'tion compressed 

 doisally, with a prominent shiny central ridge ascending the 

 forehead between the eyes ; the sides closely and coarsely punc- 

 tured, but covered with dense white scaling. Antennce black, 

 with the base of scape red ; the club ovate, very large, about as 

 long as the last six joints of the funicle. Protliorax rather 

 broader than long, sides somewhat rounded, broadest near base 

 and gradually narrowed to near apex, whei'e it is strongij^ con- 

 stricted ; iqjper surface almost plane, rugosely and evenlj'' punc- 

 tured throughout, without any central carina ; dull black with 

 the following white spots : two large lateral ones (subapical and 

 median), both uniting with the inferior white scaling, then a 

 sublateral longitudinal row of three smaller spots, and two 

 small spots placed transversely in the centi'e of disk, with some- 

 times a similar pair behind and another pair- in front of thera. 

 Elytra broadest at shouldei'S, which are roundly 2:)rominent and 

 thence gradually narrowed to apex ; upper surface plane, shallowiy 

 depressed near the scutellum, with broad striaj containing large 

 deep punctures, the intervals plane and rugose ; coloui' dull black, 

 with numerous irregular, usuall}' subquadrate, white spots, often 

 forming transverse patches, and with a broad white apical patch 



