1899.] PHYTOPHAGOUS coleopieiia of africa. 373 



the antenuae piceous ; thorax very finely punctured ; elytra 

 extremely closely and finely punctured ; flavous, a transvei'se band 

 at the base and another below the middle, as well as the sutural 

 angle at the apex, black ; breast black. 



Length 5 millim. 



Head minutely punctured, flavous, the vertex piceous, eyes verv 

 large, frontal tubercles distinct ; antennae slender, the lower four 

 or five joints and the apical one flavous, the others piceous ; second 

 and third joints short, equal ; thorax twice as broad as long, pale 

 flavous, the sides slightly rounded, the angles not produced, the 

 posterior margin evenly rounded, the surface with a very feeble 

 transverse depression at each side, very finely punctured; scutellum 

 black ; elytra widened towards the middle, nearly similarly 

 punctured as the thorax, pale flavous, a broad transverse band 

 at the base, its posterior edge strongly dentate or sinuate, and a 

 narrower band, constricted at the middle, near the apex, black, the 

 extreme sutural angle at the apex likewise, to a small extent, 

 piceous ; below and the legs flavous, the breast and the pygidium 

 black ; the metatarsus of the posterior legs very long. 



Hah. Estcourt, Natal (G-'. Marshall). 



This species comes very near M. bifasciata Jac, M. melanogaster 

 Wied., and three or four other African species, all o£ which have 

 several elytral black bands ; the present insect may, however, be 

 separated by the colour of the head and that of the antennae, also 

 by the black pygidium. I have seen two specimens sent bv 

 Mr. Marshall. 



MOXOLEPTA KRAATZI, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and the breast black, the abdomen and the legs 

 fla^■ous ; thorax finely punctured ; elytra flavous, very finely 

 punctured, the margins narrowly black. 



Length 5 millim. 



. Head black, very shining, entirely impunctate, the frontal 

 elevations consisting of a single piece, bounded behind by a shallow 

 transverse groove ; labrum l)lack, palpi flavous ; antenna extending 

 below the middle of the elytra, black, the basal five or six joints 

 flavous, the third joint nearly double the length of the second ; 

 thorax transverse, twice as broad as long, the sides feebly rounded, 

 narrowly marginate, the surface rather convex, finely and some- 

 what closely punctured, black, shining, scutellum black ; elytra very 

 minutely punctured, flavous, all the margins narrowly black ; the 

 breast black; the abdomen and the legs flavous, the metatarsus 

 of the posterior legs very elongate ; the anterior coxal cavities 

 closed ; pygidium black. 



Hab. Cameroons (Conrad). 



The elytral epipleurae in this species, of -nhich I have received two 

 specimens from Dr. Kraatz, are extremely narrow below the middle, 

 almost absent; the species may be known by the blackhead and 

 thorax and the similarly coloured elytral margins. 



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