368 MB. M. JACOB! ON THE [Mar. 7, 



Hemtxantha inconspicua, sp. n. 



Elongate, convex, black, above obscure testaceous or fuscous ; 

 head with one, thorax with several confluent greenish-black spots, 

 finely punctured ; elytra very finely and closely punctured. 



Var. Thorax obscui-e fulvous, the disc darker. 



Length 8 millim. 



Of parallel convex shape ; the head finely and closely punctured, 

 obscure fulvous, the vertex with a round greenish-piceous spot, 

 frontal tubercles small but rather broad ; eyes large ; antennae 

 extending to the middle of the elytra, black, filiform, the third 

 joint one-half longer than the second, but distinctly shorter 

 than the fourth; thorax one-half broader than long, the sides 

 rounded, the anterior angles in shape of a small tubercle, the 

 surface somewhat depressed, covered with small and larger punc- 

 tures, the disc more or less distinctly marked with greenish-piceous 

 confluent spots ; scutellum broad, black ; elytra wider at the base 

 than the thorax, nearly similarly punctured ; underside and legs 

 nearly black, finely pubescent, the tibiae unarmed, the first joint of 

 the posterior tarsi as long as the following three joints together, 

 claws appendiculate, presternum indistinct ; the anterior coxal 

 cavities closed. 



Hab. Salisbury, Mashonaland (G. Marshall). 



Nearly allied to H. scutellata Jac. and H. piceipes, but larger 

 and witii entirely black anteilnse, underside, and legs, the head 

 and thorax spotted. The specimens were obtained in sweeping 

 during the months of September and December in marshy places. 

 The head is more closely and distinctly punctured than in 

 H. piceipes, the eyes and the frontal elevations are larger, and the 

 scutellum is broad and black. 



Hemixaisttha piceipes, sp. n. 



Head and thorax obscure fulvous, very finely punctured; the 

 antennae, breast, and legs piceous or black ; elytra more or less 

 fuscous, extremely finely punctured and transversely wrinkled. 



Var. The base of the head and the margins of the thorax 

 flavous, disc of the latter and the elytra and underside piceous. 



Length 6-7 milhm. 



Head finely punctured, the vertex longitudinally grooved at the 

 middle, frontal elevations rather broad, the clypeus narrowly tri- 

 angular ; eyes large in the male, smaller in the female ; antennae 

 scarcely extending to the middle of the elytra, black, the third 

 joint double the length of the second, the following joints more 

 elongate ; thorax nearly twice as broad as long, the sides rounded 

 at the middle, the anterior angles slightly produced, posterior 

 angles rounded, the disc extremely finely punctured, shining ; 

 scutellum triangular ; elytra slightly wider at the base than the 

 tnorax, extremely closely but scarcely more strongly punctured 

 than the latter, the interstices minutely wrinkled, the apex nearly 

 impunctate ; below and the legs fuscous or black, shining, finely 

 pubescent ; abdomen fulvous. 



