44 Mr. J. S. Balj's descriptions of 



strigse, interspaces between the strigaj sparingly punc- 

 tured; antennge equal in length to the head and thorax, 

 five upper joints thickened, the sixth obconic, the following 

 three turbinate, the apical joint ovate, its apex acute ; 

 basal joint cupreous, the following three obscure piceous, 

 the rest black. Thorax longer than broad, sparingly 

 clothed with short, erect, rigid hairs, globose-ovate, 

 sides slightly converging iii front; upper surface trans- 

 versely depressed below the apex, closely covered with large 

 deep punctures, their interstices irregularly thickened. 

 Scutellum oblong-quadrate, its apex concave, the apical 

 angles slightly produced, acute. Elytra much broader 

 than the thorax, subcordate; above convex, transversely 

 depressed below the base, humeral callus strongly elevated, 

 compressed ; surface clothed with rigid white hairs, which 

 are rather more scattered, longer and rather less erect than 

 those on the thorax ; strongly punctate-striate, the punc- 

 turing finer towards the apex, interspaces smooth and 

 shining, faintly rugulose on the basal depression, slightly 

 convex towards the apex ; on the basal half of the outer 

 disk, below the shoulder and on the outer margin, the 

 interspaces are more distinctly thickened. Body beneath 

 clothed with white hairs, those on the coarsely punctured 

 breast, long, depressed. Abdomen smooth and shining, 

 remotely punctured, its pubescence very short, scattered 

 and suberect. 



Pseudocolaspis eximia. 



Ovata, valde convexa, late cuprea, nitida, pube albida 

 vestita, supra viridi-metallica ; antennis basi cupreis, ex- 

 trorsum nigris ; thorace rude punctato, interstitiis trans- 

 versim elevato-reticulatis ; elytris limbo exteriori cupreo, 

 rude punctatis, punctis basi confiise, ad apicem striatim 

 dispositis, interspatiis apicem versus convexis, subcostatis ; 

 femoribus subtus bispinosis. 



Long. 2^ lin. 



Hab. — West Coast of Afidca. 



Head rugose, very sparingly clothed with fine suberect 

 hairs ; clypeus not separated from the face ; antenna 

 rather longer than the head and thorax, six basal joints 

 cupreous, the rest thickened, black. Thorax about one- 

 fourth broader than long, sides rounded, converging in 

 front ; above subcylindrical, flattened on the disk, coarsely 

 punctured, interstices transversely elevate-reticulate ; sur- 



