206 ME. M. JACOBY ON PHYTOPHAGOUS COLBOPTBEA [Mar. 6, 



sulcate at the sides, nearly iiapunctate ; elytra with deep basal 

 depression, strongly punctate-striate anteriorly, more finely so 

 posteriorly. 



Length 5 inillitn. 



Head not constricted behind, the vertex raised into two sub- 

 divided elevations, supraocular grooves deep; eyes deeply notched ; 

 antennae extending to the middle of the elytra, black, the lower 

 three or four joints fulvous, third and fourth joints equal, small, 

 slightly longer than the second, terminal joints thickened but 

 distinctly longer than broad ; thorax not longer than broad, the 

 anterior portion widened, the sides deeply constricted, the con- 

 striction bounded above by a longitudinal ridge, basal sulcus deep, 

 the surface impunctate with the exception of a few fine punctures 

 at the middle, fulvous ; scutellum truncate at its apex; elytra with 

 a short but l'ather deep depression near the suture below the base, 

 regularly, strongly, and rather closely punctate-striate, the puuctures 

 much finer towards the apex, the ninth row entire, the interstices 

 at the sides and near the apex slightly costate ; below and the 

 legs fulvous ; the tibia?, with the exception of the extreme base, 

 and the tarsi black. 



Hob. Malvern, Natal (C. N. Barker). 



Closely allied to L. fuscitarsis Jac, from the same locality, but 

 the general coloration darker fulvous, the antenna? less slender, 

 the elytral depression much deeper, and the tibiae black ; in a single 

 specimen the first joint of the antenna? is fulvous only. Mr. Barker 

 has kindly seat me four specimens of this species. 



Cbiooebis militaius, sp. n. 



Rufous, the antennae and legs paler; thorax strongly angulate 

 at the sides, with rows of deep punctures and two large black spots 

 at the disc; elytra deeply punctate-striate, flavous: the shoulders, 

 suture anteriorly, the lateral margins, and a narrow transverse 

 band below the middle, black. 



Length 6 millim. 



Head strongly constricted behind the eyes, the vertex strongly 

 obliquely raised, rufous ; the spaces in front of the eyes black, 

 rugose-punctate, the lower portion of the face and the labrum paler; 

 antennae stout aud short, dark flavous, the second joint moniliform, 

 the third and fourth thicker aud slightly larger, equal, the rest 

 transversely widened ; thorax subcylindrical, widened anteriorly, 

 the sides forming a strong angle at the middle, the disc with a 

 short oblique row of punctures at the sides and two others at the 

 middle of the anterior portion, rufous, the middle of the surface 

 almost entirely occupied by a large black patch which is connected 

 at the base but divided anteriorly by a short stripe of the rufous 

 ground-colour, the base likewise remains of this colour in shape of 

 a narrow transverse band which has some deep depressions in front 

 of the scutellum : the latter small, flavous ; elytra strongly punc- 

 tured at the anterior portiou, the punctures very much finer 

 posteriorly, the disc flavous: a spot on the humeral callus, another 



