1904.] AFRICAN PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA. 233 



Length 5 millim. 



Var. Elytra entirely testaceous. 



Head constricted behind the eyes, pale fulvons, the eyes large 

 and round, the intermediate space as well as the anterior portion 

 clothed with short golden pubescence, the middle of the vertex 

 with a round blackish spot ; antennte short, fuscous, the base of 

 the intermediate and following joints fulvous, the basal joint 

 entirely of that colour ; thorax not longer than broad, constricted 

 near the base, the sides with a slightly- curved not deep groove 

 and a deeper round fovea placed higher and anteriorly, the sur- 

 face entirely impunctate, testaceous ; scutellum black ; elytra with 

 deep round punctures placed in closely approached rows and of 

 smaller size posteriorly, the shoulders not very prominent and 

 Iwunded within by a black spot, the extreme sutural margin of 

 the latter colotir ; legs testaceous, the apex of each joint of the 

 tarsi fuscous ; breast black, closely covered with golden pubes- 

 cence ; abdomen fulvous. 



Bah. Salisbury, Mashonaland (G. Marshall). 



A species of narrow shape, and distinguished by the colour of 

 the head in connection with the pubescence of the latter. The 

 variety agrees in every way with the type, except in the absence 

 of the elytra! black markings, which may perhaps vary to a 

 greater or less extent in other specimens. 



Lema ^thiopica, sp. n. (Plate XVII. fig. 1.) 



Reddish fulvous, the antennse (the first joint excepted) and the 

 tarsi black ; thorax vei-y closely and strongly punctured, deeply 

 transversely sulcate and bifoveolate ; elytra metallic blue, the 

 apex fulvous, strongly punctured, the interstices transversely 

 wrinkled. 



Length 7 millim. 



Head sparingly but distinctly punctured, strongly bituberculate, 

 constricted behind the eyes, the latter deeply notched ; clypeus 

 extending upwards into a broad but anteriorly pointed prolon- 

 gation between the antennae ; labrum black ; antennae compara- 

 tively short, slightly and gradually thickened towards the terminal 

 ioints, black, the basal joint fulvous ; thorax not longer than broad, 

 anteriorly widened, the angles tuberculiform, the lateral fovese 

 deep, bounded above by a perpendicular ridge, the basal sulcus 

 very deep, the surface with a round fovea at each side anteriorly, 

 extremely closely and rather strongly punctured throughout, the 

 punctures of different sizes ; scutellum fulvous ; elytra convex, not 

 depressed below the base, the punctures closely placed and strong, 

 the interstices scarcely raised, transversely wi^inkled, the apex to 

 a short distance fulvous ; below and the legs fulvous, the tarsi 

 black. 



Hab. Mashonaland (my collection). 



A very distinct species of rather large size, well distinguislied 

 by the very closely punctured and bifoveolate thorax and the 

 coloration of the elytra. 



