364 ME. M. JACOBY ON THE [Mar. 7, 



nearly straight, the angles slightly thickened, the disc impuuctate, 

 the sides broadly fulvous, the middle occupied by a broad, 

 posteriorly narrowed black band ; scutellum black ; elytra much 

 wider at the base than the thorax, widened below the middle, 

 black, shining, very finely but not very closely punctured, the 

 interstices extremely finely granulate, their epipleurae broad 

 anteriorly, much narrowed towards the apex ; below black, 

 abdomen and the femora flavous, the tibiae (their base excepted) 

 and the tarsi fuscous, all the tibiae mucronate, the first joint of 

 the posterior tarsi as long as the following joints together. 



Hah. Cameroons {Conrad). 



I received a specimen of this well-marked species from 

 Dr. Kraatz. 



POEPHILA COSTATIPENNIS, Sp. U. 



Elongate, piceous ; the head, basal joints of the antennae, and 

 the thorax fulvous, the latter finely and sparingly punctured; 

 elytra metallic violaceous blue, strongly punctate-striate, the inter- 

 stices longitudinally costate. 



Length 2\ millim. 



Head impunctate, the eyes large, frontal elevations narrow, 

 carina very acute, palpi thickened ; antennae filiform, extending to 

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

 second joint thickened, the third but slightly longer, thin, the 

 following more elongate ; thorax transversely subquadrate, convex, 

 twice as broad as long, the sides straight, forming an oblique angle 

 anteriorly, extending to the base of the eyes, this angle slightly 

 thickened, posterior margin broadly produced at the middle, the 

 surface with a deep transverse sinuate sulcus, parallel to the basal 

 margin and not extending to the sides, the disc very finely and 

 remotely punctured ; scutellum piceous ; elytra with a distinct 

 depression belovs^ the base, the latter raised, the shoidders pro- 

 minent, the punctation strong, close and deep, the interstices 

 longitudinally costate, especially so at the sides; underside and 

 legs nearly black, the metatarsus of the posterior legs longer than 

 the following joints together ; claws appendiculate, prosternum 

 longer than broad ; the anterior coxal cavities open. 



Hah. Cameroons. 



The only other representative of this genus, described by Weise, 

 agrees almost entirely with the present insect, except in colora- 

 tion, beiug rufo-testaceous with brown elytra and having no costae 

 on the latter parts ; but of the fine pubescence of the eyes, of which 

 Weise speaks, I am not able to discover a trace in my species, 

 neither has this author mentioned the structure of the antennae 

 nor their colour, which must have been an oversight. 



I received a specimen from Dr. Kraatz. 



POEPHILA EULTIPES, Sp. n. 



Flavous, the antennae (the basal three joints excepted) black ; 



