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underside and legs of similar sculptuiing, the first joint of the 

 anterior tarsi rather strongly dilated ( d" ?) ; the lower surface of 

 the tarsi covered with fulvous pubescence. 



Hah. Zambesi. 



The general appearance of this small species is not unlike that 

 of a species of Curculionid on account of the narrowed and 

 convex head without the slightest division or groove ; the general 

 colour is a gi'eenish and veiy metallic lustre in spite of the white 

 pubescence. 



Chrysomelin^, 



Algoala, gen. n. 



Body ovate, pointed posteriorly, apterous ; antennae filiform, 

 palpi slender ; thorax transverse, nan-owed anteriorly, the sides 

 oblique, straight, not thickened ; scutellum triangular ; elytra 

 slightly wider at the base than the thorax, punctate-striate, their 

 epipleurae very bi'oad, impubescent ; legs rather feeble, claws 

 simple ; prosternum narrowed between the coxpe ; mesosternum 

 short, quadrate ; metasternum short and transveise ; anterior coxal 

 cavities closed. 



In the shape of its thorax this genus resembles Melasoma, from 

 which it is at once separated by the filifoi'm antenna? ; the closed 

 anterior cavities and the absence of wings as well as the general 

 shape will further assist in the recognition of the genus, of which 

 I received a single species from Dr. Brauns. 



Algoala fulvicollis, sp. n. 



Fulvous, thorax strongly punctured at the sides, the middle 

 finely punctate ; elytra greenish eeneous, sti-ongly and closely 

 punctate-striate . 



Length 5 millim. 



Head rather closely punctured, fulvous, the space in front of 

 the eyes strongly thickened, the clypeus more finely and closely 

 punctured, more or less distinctly separated from the face; 

 antennse scarcely extending to the middle of the elytra, fulvous, 

 the basal joint subquadrate, the second small, the third joint 

 longer than the following ones, terminal joint elongate ; thorax 

 of somewhat variable shape, according to sex, the sides rounded 

 in the male, more straight and obliquely narrowed in the female, 

 the disc sparingly and finely, the sides closely and strongly 

 punctured ; scutellum triangular ; elytra with about twelve rows 

 of sti-ong punctures, obscure greenish jeneous, a narrow space in 

 front of the lateral margins impunctate and slightly convex ; 

 underside and legs fulvous. 



Hab. Algoa Bay, Cape Colony (i>?'. Bi'auns). 



Timarchella, gen. n. 



Ovate, apterous ; palpi elongate, cylindrical, the last joint siib- 

 conical, shorter than the preceding one ; antennae elongate, robust, 



