954 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL ON [DeC. 11, 



EnDEUS BAUHINI/E, sp. UOV, 



Long. 3-3f , lat. li-l| mm. 



Colour uniform dull ferruginous varying to flavous ; eyes 

 black; entire upper surface thinly clothed with short depressed 

 golden yellow pubescence. 



Head convex ; eyes scarcely prominent, the space between them 

 equal to about one-third the width of the rostrum. Rostrum as 

 long as the prothorax in ^ , longer than that of E. floralis but 

 otherwise similar. Antennce rather more slender than in that 

 species, insei'ted well before middle. Prothorax almost as long as 

 broad, faintly constricted near apex which is obliquely truncate, 

 base evidently broader and truncate, sides rounded, broadest 

 behind middle ; upper sui-face slightly convex, closely and 

 distinctly punctured throughout. Elytra oblongo-ovate, more 

 elongate (2|-x If mm.), gently convex, with distinct and strongly 

 punctured stria?, the intervals plane, faintly aciculate ; pubescence 

 short and recumbent, but distinctly coarser than in E. floralis, 

 and thus withoiit the silky appearance. Legs similar to those of 

 E. floralis except that the anteiior tibife are distinctly less 

 dilated apically. 



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



Type in the British Museum. 



Found on the leaves of a species of Bauhinia. 



Endeus hispidus, sp. nov. 



Long. ^'^, lat. -i-li mm. 



Colour dark ferruginous, the suture and eyes black ; legs and 

 antennae paler, antennal club fuscous ; upper surface with short 

 erect pale setfe which are longer on the elytra. 



Head convex ; eyes more widely separated, the intervening- 

 space being nearly as broad as the rostrum. Rostruim as in 

 E. floralis. Anteri,7ice more slender, inserted not far from apex 

 in S • Prothorax a little broader than long, evidently con- 

 stricted neai' apex, slightly broader at base, sides moderately 

 rounded, broadest about middle ; upper surface convex, with 

 close even punctuation and fairly dense suberect pale setse. 

 Elytra oblongo-ovate, convex, with I'athei- deep strongly punctui'ed 

 strise, the intervals plane and almost impunctate, bearing regular 

 rows of short erect pale setse. Legs as in E. floralis except that 

 the anterior tibite are not at all dilated apically. 



MashojS'ALAND : Salisbiuy (G. A. K. M.). 



Types, $ in the British Museum, c? in the Oxford Museum. 



Found on leaves of Protea and Brachystegia. 



The only other described species of Endeus of which I am awai'e 

 are E. cast us Boh., from Siei'ra Leone (the type of the genus), and 

 E.parilis Fst. (Deutsch. ent. Zeit. 1898, p. 28), from Cameroon. 

 Of the latter I have seen no examples, but I examined the type 



