240 ME. MARTIN JACOBY ON [Feb. 16, 



depression near the basal lobe ; scutelluin broad, the apex carinate; 

 elytra not very strongly convex, veiy closely pimctui'ed, the ex- 

 treme apex nearly impunctate ; nnderside black, finely pubescent ; 

 legs rather elongate, the first joint of the tarsi as long as the 

 following two joints togethei', the anterior femora more or less 

 streaked with black above. 



Hob. Algoa Bay, Gape {Dr. Brawns). 



Of the two, apparently female specimens, kindly sent by 

 Di', Brauns, one has the head black, the other fulvous ; on account 

 of the rather slendei- tarsi and shape of the thoiux, Daviia seems 

 to be the most suitable genus for the reception of this species. 



Damia trifasciata, sp. n. (Plate XYII. fig. 9.) 



Flavous ; head and thorax fulvous, nearly impunctate, the 

 latter with a central black spot ; elytra extremely finely punctured 

 near the suture, flavous, with a narrow transvei'se band at the 

 base, another at the middle, and a third near the apex, black. 



Length 6 millim. 



Head extremely finely punctured, with a rather deep central 

 fovea, fulvous ; anterior margin of the epistome subquadrately 

 and deeply emarginate ; eyes large, oblong ; antennae flavous, the 

 fourth and following joints strongly transversely widened ; 

 thorax transverse, the sides but feebly depressed, rounded, 

 anterior mai-gin straight, basal lobe of the posterior margin very 

 slightly produced ; the disc impunctate with the exception of 

 some punctures near the base, fulvous, with a rather large central 

 black patch ; scutellum fulvous, its apex ti'uucate ; elytra very 

 minutely punctured in indistinct rows .near the suture, the sides 

 nearly impunctate, flavous, with three nariow tiunsverse black 

 bands, the first at the base, extending to the shoulders, the second 

 at the middle, broader and nearly regular in shape, and the third, 

 of somewhat oblique direction and constricted at the middle, near 

 the apex, the lateral margins are likewise black and connect all 

 the bands ; undei'side pale fulvous, finely pubescent ; legs flavous, 

 robust, the antei'ior pair rather elongate in the male ; tarsi 

 broad, the first joint shorter than the following two together. 



Hah. Beira, E. Africa (^4. SliepparcC). 



I received three specimens of this distinct species from 

 Mr. Sheppard ; in the pattern and coloration it much resembles 

 certain African species of Monolepta. 



Gynandrophthalma salisburiensis, sp. n. 



SubcylindriCfd, dark blue ; sides of the breast closely pubescent ; 

 antennte and tarsi black ; head and thoi'ax remotely punctured ; 

 elytra with a few punctures at the sutui'e and the sides only. 



Length 4 millim. 



Head with three depressions between the eyes of rather irre- 

 gular shape, the vertex impunctate ; clypeus transverse, nearly 

 impunctate, its anterior margin concave ; antennte nearly ex- 

 tending to the base of the thorax, black, the second joint obscure 



