1904.] AFRICAN PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA, 263 



Lefevrea fulvicollis, sp. n. 



Fulvous, the thorax closely and strongly punctured ; elytra 

 black, closely and regularly punctate-striate, femora with a minute 

 tooth. 



Length 4 millim. 



Head strongly punctured, fulvous ; epistome not separated, its 

 anterior margin but slightly emai-ginate ; antennae filif oi-m, pale 

 fulvous, the apex of the terminal joints piceous, the last four 

 joints slightly thickened and shortened, thorax about one-half 

 broader than long, fulvous, the sides rounded and obliquely 

 narrowed anterioi-ly, the anterior angles in shape of a small tooth, 

 produced outwards, the posterior ones placed rather inwards, the 

 lateral margins forming an obscui'e angle at the base, the surface 

 very closely and strongly punctui'ed ; scutellum fulvous ; elytra 

 subcylindrical, parallel, black, the base without depression, the 

 disc strongly and closely punctate-striate, the interstices at the 

 sides rather strongly longitudinally costate ; underside and legs 

 fulvous, the bi'east sometimes piceous, the femora with a small 

 tooth. 



Rah, Umtali, Natal (C. Barker). 



At once distinguished from any other species of the genus by 

 its coloi'ation in connection with the strongly punctured thorax. 

 The sexes were taken in coitu by Mr. Barker ; the female does 

 not differ from the male except in being slightly larger. 



EuBRACHYS o'neili, sp. n. 



Obscure violaceous or pm-plish, the basal joints of the antennae 

 and the tibise obscure fulvous or piceous ; thorax subglobular, 

 very finely punctured and pubescent ; elytra of similar sculpture, 

 clothed with short silvery pubescence arranged in lines. 



Length 2|-3 millim. 



Head closely punctured at the sides, finely strigose at the 

 vertex, the interstices sparingly pubescent and minutely granu- 

 late ; antennae with the lower seven joints fulvous, the rest black ; 

 thorax strongly rounded at the middle, the apex and the base 

 constricted, the disc sculptured like the head and clothed with 

 very short silvery pubescence ; elytra with the shouldei's pro- 

 minent, the apex rounded, the punctuation much finer than that 

 of the thorax, nearly obsolete, the interstices clothed with short, 

 stiff, silvery hairs, arranged in closely approached rows ; femora 

 strongly toothed, tibiae obscui'e fulvous. 



Hab. Grahamstown, S. Africa ; on Glirysocoma tenuifolia 

 (Oompositae) {Rev. J. A. O'Neil). 



A pair of this species taken "mi. coitio" were kindly sent to me 

 by the Rev. J. A. O'JSfeil. The insect is perhaps more nearly allied 

 to ^. chrysitis Gerst. than to any other, but it is devoid of the 

 longer stiff silvery pubescence peculiar to that species, and well 

 distinguished from that and several other closely allied species 

 by the scarcely perceptible punctuation of the elytra h\ connection 

 with the sombre, obscure purplish or violaceous coloration. AVeise 



