1906.] NEW AFRICAN CURCULIONID^. 943 



Aplemonus zizyphi, sp. nov. (Plate LXYII. fig. 11.) 



Long. 3-3:j, lat. I5-II mm. 



Head porrect, elongate, subcylindrical, coarsely punctured 

 except on extreme vertex, with a shallow impression between the 

 eyes, black with a few sparse white depressed seta? ; eyes lateral, 

 round, subdepressed. Rostrum stout, subcylindrical, narrower, 

 but a little longer, than head, not curved, but slightly deflected ; 

 upper surface coarsely punctured throughout and with depressed 

 white setpe, except at extreme apex, which is smooth and shiny. 

 Antennce black, inserted behind middle. Prothorax longer than 

 broad, truncate at apex and base, cylindrical, with a slight con- 

 striction near apex ; upper surface convex, coarsely and evenly 

 punctured, with a deep elongate median fovea at base ; colour 

 black, with sparse depressed white seta?. Elytra pyriform, much 

 broader than prothorax at shoulders, which are obliquely promi- 

 nent, sides strongly rounded, broadest well behind middle ; upper 

 surface very convex, gibbous, deepest behind middle, the posterior 

 declivity very steep, with nine broad and deep strise containing 

 rows of strong punctures ; the intervals broad and plane, coarsely 

 coriaceous, and often Avith a faint central stria, but with no 

 tubercles or carinse ; colour black, occasionally with a dark reddish 

 tinge, with sparse depressed white seta?. Legs stout, black, punc- 

 tate, and with scattered white setfe. 



Katal : Malvern {C. N'. Barker), Estcourt {G. A. K. M). 

 Mashonaland : Salisbury {G. A. K. M.). 



Type in the British Museum. 



This insect feeds on various species of Zizyplius, as also does 

 its congener A. gibhipennis Fahr. This latter species has a very 

 diflfei'ent appearance, owing to the elongate tubercles on the 

 intervals of its elytra. A. auriviUii Fst. (Stett. ent. Zeit. xlix. 

 1888, p. 296 — type in the Stockholm Museum) from Damaraland 

 is very closely allied to gibhipennis, and differs only in its smaller 

 size and in having the rostrum parallel-sided and not constricted 

 at base. 



Euops cyaneus, sp. nov. 



Long. 3, lat. 1| mm. 



Head subconical, dailv blue, convex on vertex, and with distinct 

 scattered punctuation ; eyes brown, large, prominent and broadly 

 unitecl above. Rostrum a little longer than head, narrow at 

 base and strongly dilated from there to apex, convex above, dark 

 blue, closely and distinctly punctured ; antennse black, quite 

 similar to those of E. morio Boh. Prothorax about as broad as 

 long, sides slightly rounded, broadest rather behind middle, apical 

 margin broadly rounded, much narrower than base, which is 

 bisinuate and has a distinct narrow margin ; upper surface very 

 convex, dark blue, very shiny, evenly set with fine scattered 

 punctuation and without any central furrow or carina. Elytra 

 subquadrate, jointly sinuate at base, much broader than pro- 

 thorax at shoulders, which are roundly prominent, sicles straight. 



