366 MR. M. jACX)BY ON *HE [Mar. 7. 



Eegaka chapijisi, sp. n. 



Fulvous, the breast and the legs black ; thorax very closely and 

 distinctly punctured; elytra dark bluish, closely and finely 

 punctured. 



Length 5 millim. 



Head impunetate, fulvous, the frontal tubercles very strongly 

 raised ; antennae short and robust, flavous, the joints nearly monili- 

 form, the third and fourth joints more elongate ; thorax one-half 

 broader than long, the sides rounded, the angles acute, the surface 

 very closely and distinctly punctured, fulvous ; scutellum fulvous ; 

 eljtra dark blue, closely aud strongly punctured, their epipleurae 

 broad and continued to the apex ; below piceous or black, the 

 abdomen flavous ; all the tibiae mucronate, the tarsi short, the 

 anterior coxal cavities closed. 



Hah. Moliro, Congo (Duvivier). Belgian Mus. collect, and my 

 own. 



This species agrees in every respect with the type of the genus, 

 E. protect Chap, from Abyssinia, and it is possible that it only 

 represents another variety of this variable species ; but as I have 

 two specimens before me perfectly identical, and as the elytra in 

 E. protea show no trace of blue, I must look upon the present 

 insect as distinct. 



Megalognatha immaculata, sp. n. 



Elongate, parallel, testaceous ; head and thorax impunetate ; 

 elytra obscure fulvous, extremely finely and sparingly punctured. 



Length 7 millim. 



Head broad, impunetate ; frontal tubercles strongly raised, 

 transverse ; clypeus equally strongly raised, in shape of a triangular 

 ridge ; palpi robust ; antennae rather stout, flavous (the last three 

 joints wanting), basal joint elongate, slightly curved, the third aud 

 the following joints nearly equal in length ; thorax much broader 

 than long, the sides slightly constricted at the base, nearly strnight, 

 the anterior angles thickened, the surface impunetate, obsoletely 

 transversely sulcate ; scutellum triaugular ; elytra much wider at 

 the base than the thorax and ol: darker fulvous colour, the shoulders 

 rather prominent and bounded within by a loiigitudinal depression, 

 the disc extremely finely and sparingly punctured ; underside and 

 legs testaceous, finely pubescent, the first tai'sal joint as long as 

 the following joints together, claws appendiculate. 



Hah. Estcourt, Natal {G. Marshall). 



Allied in coloration to M. ventricosa Baly, but the thorax im- 

 punetate and differently sculptured, the general shape more 

 parallel, and the colour of the antennae and legs different. The two 

 specimens obtained are probably females ; the sulcation of the 

 thorax resembles more semi-separate foveae than a continued 

 groove, but is more distinct in one of the specimens than in the 

 other. 



