166 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions of 



L,eptophysa Batesii. 



Elongata, niodice convexa, dorso pauUo complanata, 

 obscure cuprea, parce setosa, subtus picea, pedibus (fe- 

 moribus posticis apice exceptis) flavis ; antennis nigris, 

 basi fulvis. 



Long. 1 lin. 



Hab. — Para. 



Head subtrigonate ; encarpae contiguous, subtn'gonate ; 

 antenna more than three-fourths the length of the body, 

 basal joint incrassate, about equal in length to the third, 

 second slightly incrassate, shorter than the third ; four 

 lower joints pale piceo-fulvous, the basal one stained above 

 with piceous. Thorax rather more than one-half as broad 

 again as long ; sides straight and parallel, slightly con- 

 verging at the apex, anterior angle scarcely produced, 

 obtuse, hinder angle acute ; basal margin nearly straight, 

 slightly sinuate on either side ; above transversely convex, 

 coarsely but remotely punctured ; basal groove straight, 

 shallow, ill-defined, abbreviated on either side before 

 reaching the lateral margin. Elytra broader than the 

 thorax, parallel, moderately convex, faintly depressed 

 below the basilar space, regularly punctate - striate, 

 spai'ingly clothed with griseous hairs. 



Genus Ch^tocnema, Stephens. 



Baron von Harold in the last volume of his Catalogue 

 points out that Cli(2tocnema, Stephens, has the priority of 

 Plectroscelis, Redt. ; the latter name, therefore, although 

 universally of late years used by Entomologists, must fall. 



Choetocnema natalensis. 



Elongato-ovata, convexa, cupreo- aut viridi-anea, nitida ; 

 antennis (basi picea excepta) nigris ; subtus nigra, aeneo 

 vix micans ; thorace transverso, minus fortiter, subcrebre 

 punctato, utrinque basi sulco brevi perpendicular! im- 

 presso ; elytris fortiter punctato-striatis, interspatiis dis- 

 tincte punctatis, ad latera et ad apicem convexiusculis, 

 infra basin obsolete transversim rugulosis. 



Long. 1^ — 2\ lin. 



^a^.— Port Natal. 



Vertex and front finely granulose-reticulate, impressed 

 here and there on the upper face with a few distinct 

 punctures ; front separated from the lower face by a deep 



