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part entii'ely occupied by the eyes ; labrum flavous ; antennae 

 with the last six joints thickened, black, the basal joints flavous ; 

 thorax narrowed in front, the sides nearly straight, the anterior 

 margin accompanied by a deep transverse groove, the sides with 

 another very obsolete transverse oblique gi'oove, the entire sur- 

 face impunctate, very shining, fulvous, the base jDroduced into a 

 short point at the middle ; scutellum narrowly elongate ; elytra 

 strongly and closely punctate- striate, the seventh row interrupted 

 below the shoulders, the interstices longitudinally convex, light 

 fulvous, the extreme apex of each black ; pygidium closely punc- 

 tured, black ; underside fulvous, the last four abdominal segments 

 black, closely punctured ; prosternum subquadrate, remotely 

 punctured, fulvous, the posterior margin concave. 



Hah. Salisbury, Mashonaland (G. Marshall). 



Whether a leather larger sized specimen sent by Mr. Marshall, 

 having the elytra finely punctured, the interstices broad and 

 flat, and the entire apex black, also the pygidium and underside 

 fulvous, represents the female of this species or is specifically 

 distinct, I am unable to say at present, 



AcHJSNOPS o'neili, sp. n. 



Underside more or less black ; head and thorax pale fulvous, 

 the margins of the latter and two spots at the base yellowish 

 white ; elytra pale yellow, extremely finely punctured, the suture, 

 a small humeral spot, and a more or less developed sutural spot 

 or band near the apex black ; antennae and legs fulvous. 



Length 2 millim. 



Head impunctate, flavous, sometimes with a small central 

 fulvous spot ; eyes widely separated, not very deeply emarginate ; 

 antennae short, pale flavous or fulvous, the terminal six joints 

 widened ; thorax narrowed in front, short, the sides nearly 

 straight, the surface impunctate, fulvous, the lateral mai'gins 

 rather broadly, the anterior margins moi'e narrowly, and a trans- 

 verse band at the base pale yellow (the basal band is divided by 

 an extremely narrow fulvous stripe) ; scutellum short, triangular, 

 testaceous, margined with black ; elytra with obsolete and fine 

 punctures arranged in rows, yellowish white, the basal margin 

 and the suture, a small spot on the shoulders, and a transverse 

 band near the apex black, the band sometimes only indicated by 

 a spot ; underside black, the abdomen more or less and the legs 

 pale fulvous ; prostei-num longer than broad, the base concave, 

 the angles pi-oduced. 



Hah. Dunbrody, Cape Colony [Rev. J. A. O'l^eil). 



Of this pretty little species I have received three specimens 

 from the Rev. J. A. O'Neil, who states that they were obtained 

 on mimosa-plants. 



EUMOLPINiE. 

 EURTDEMUS NIGRICEPS, Sp. n. 



__ 'Black; above and the basal joints of the antennae fulvous; 



