1899.] PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTEUA OE AFEICA. 363 



Length 6 milHm. 



Of ovate convex shape ; the head irapunctate, flavous, the vertex 

 black and shining, the frontal tubercles strongly' developed, trans- 

 verse ; labrum black ; the antennae rather stout, black, the basal 

 joint short and thick, the second short, the third twice as long, 

 the following joints slight ly thickenerl and more elongate ; thorax 

 about one-half broader than long, the sides rounded, the posterior 

 angles obliquely rounded, posterior margin f-runcate at the middle, 

 the surface entirely impunctate, shining, pale fulvous ; scutellum 

 broad, black ; elytra widened towards the middle, convex, entirely 

 impunctate, their epipleurse disappearing at the middle ; below 

 and the legs black, all the tibiae with a spine ; the anterior coxal 

 cavities open. 



Hah. Bedford, Pt. Elizabeth, S. Africa {Rev. O'mU). 



The entirely impunctate upper surface of this species at once 

 distinguishes it from 0. mutahilis. 



LUPEEUS FLATICINCTUS, Sp. U. 



Black ; basal joints of the antenna?, the thorax and the legs 

 flavous ; thorax impunctate; elytra bluisli black, finely punctured, 

 the lateral margins below the middle broadly flavous, the disc ^\dth 

 some single hairs. 



Length 4 millim. 



Head entirely impunctate, black, shining, frontal elevation 

 strongly developed, elongate; clypeus thickened ; antemicc extending 

 beyond the middle of the elytra, black, the lower three joints 

 flavous below, the second and third joints small, nearly equal, 

 followiug joints more elongate ; thorax subquadrate, scarcely 

 broader than long, the sides slightly constricted at the base, 

 feebly rounded at the middle, the angles dentiform, the surface 

 entirely impunctate, flavous, very shining ; scutellum black ; elytra 

 much wider at the base than the thorax, convex, slightly widened 

 at the apex, bluish black, the surface finely and closely punctured, 

 the interstices finely wrinkled, the lateral and apical margins 

 from the middle broadly flavous ; the breast and abdomen black, 

 the legs flavous, the tarsi more or less fuscous, the metatarsus of 

 the posterior legs as long as the following joints together. 



Hah. Cameroons (Conrad). 



LUPERUS DISCICOLLIS, sp. n. 



Black, the sides of the thorax, the femora, and the abdomen 

 flavous ; thorax impunctate ; elytra finely punctured and minutely 

 granulate. 



Length 5 millim. 



Head rather elongate, black, impunctate, the frontal elevations 

 subquadrate, nearly contiguous ; clypeus broad, triangular, strongly 

 raised ; eyes large ; the antennae black (the terminal two joints 

 wanting), basal joint thickened, the second scarcely shorter than 

 the third joint, fourth as loug as the preceding three joints 

 together ; thorax about one-half broader than long, the sides 



