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and their I'ugose sides, in connection with the dark feneous colour 

 and black antennae. I received two specimens of this species from 

 the Rev. J. A. O'iN'eil, who obtained them from M. Ledoux, the 

 discoverer of the species. 



Macetes rugicollis, sp. n. 



Cupreous, clothed with white pubescence ; apical joints of the 

 autennte black ; head and thorax finely, confluently rugose ; elytra 

 with a few fine punctures and white pubescence arranged in 

 longitudinal bands. 



Length 5 millim. 



Subquadrate, ovate ; the head entirely longitudinally strigose, 

 the strigfe confluent, the interstices finely pubescent, anterior 

 margin of the epistome semicircularly emarginate ; labrum 

 metallic green, alutaceous ; antennae extending to the base of 

 the elytra, the lower six joints cupreous, the others black, strongly 

 incrassate ; thorax ti-ansverse, slightly constricted at the base and 

 apex, the lateral margins distinct, the surface sculptured like the 

 head ; scutellum suhpentagonal ; elytra with a short but distinct 

 depression below the base, the latter with a few fine punctures, 

 the rest of the disc scarcely peiceptibly punctured, with four 

 more or less distinct bands of white hairs ; anterior and posterior 

 femora dentate, thickened ; underside and legs clothed with short 

 white pubescence. 



Hah. Lower Tugela, Natal (C. Barker). 



Quite distinct, on account of the sculptvire of the head and 

 thorax, from any other species of the genus. I have received a 

 single specimen from Mr. Barker. 



Macetes pusilla, sp. n. 



Greenish aeneous, pubescent, the labrum, antennae, tibiae, and 

 tarsi fulvous ; thorax transverse, closely and finely punctured and 

 pubescent ; elytra with basal depression, more strongly punctured 

 than the thorax, clothed with white pubescence ; anterior and 

 posterior femora dentate. 



Length 3 millim. 



Of oblong, siibquadrate shape ; the head closely and rather 

 strongly punctiu'ed, clothed with longish white pubescence ; 

 epistome triangularly emarginate at its anterior edge ; labrum 

 and palpi fulvous ; antennas rather long, fulvous, the terminal 

 five joints dilated, the last one longer than broad ; thorax about 

 one-half broader than long, the sides rounded, anteriorly deflexed 

 when viewed from above, the lateral margins obsolete, the surface 

 i-ather convex, with an obsolete transverse groove near the 

 anterior margin, finely and closely punctured and clothed with 

 white hairs, which, at the middle, form a more or less distinct 

 stripe ; scutellum subquadrate, pubescent ; elytra wider at the 

 base than the thorax, with a distinct depression below the raised 

 basal portion, the shoulders prominent, closely and irregularly 

 punctured, the punctures larger at the anterior portion than 



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