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Allied to P. Jicemorrhagiea Gerst., but quite distinct in the fine 

 elytral punctation, the abbreviated humeral band and the great 

 width of the posterior one, also in the markings of the thorax ; in 

 regard to this I may add to the description that the flavous anterior 

 and lateral stripes are bounded by the extreme black edges of the 

 thoracic margins. P. abyssinica Lefev. seems also closely allied, 

 but the description says nothiug of an anterior flavous margin, and 

 gives only a black humeral spot, not an angulate band, nor are the 

 tibia? described as fulvous. I have received several specimens of 

 this handsome species from Mr. Guy Marshall. 



PEPLOPTERA LEFEVRE1, Sp. n. 



Subcylindrical, black ; thorax flavous, sparingly punctured, the 

 disc with a broad black band; elytra flavous, rather regularly 

 punctate-striate, a spot on the shoulders and a transverse band 

 near the apex, as well as the extreme apical margins, black. 



Length 7 millim. 



Head black, the vertex strongly swollen, longitudinally sulcate 

 at the middle, the space between the eyes strongly punctured and 

 slightly rugose, non-pubescent ; the antenna? not extending to the 

 base of the thorax, black, the second and third joints fulvous ; 

 thorax twice as broad as long, but little narrowed in front, the 

 sides nearly straight, the median lobe broad, not much produced, 

 and preceded by a distinct transverse depression, the surface with 

 a few fine punctures near the base and the posterior angles, 

 fulvous ; the middle of the disc occupied by a broad subtriangular 

 black patch, which extends to the anterior margin, where it is 

 greatly narrowed ; scutellum small, black ; elytra flavous, with 

 regular rows of fine punctures, which become a little more confused 

 at the sides and near the apex, the interstices rather closely and 

 very minutely punctured, the shoulders with a black spot, a 

 transverse narrow black band of somewhat irregular shape is 

 placed below the middle, extending to the sides in some instances, 

 but interrupted in others ; below and the legs black, closely 

 covered with silvery pubescence ; tarsi broad and rather robust. 



Hah. Delagoa Bay. 



In spite of its great similarity in coloration to P. angustata 

 Erichs., P. cijlindriformis Lac, and one or two other African 

 species, the punctation of the elytra does not permit me to identify 

 P. lefevrei with either of these ; the elytral rows are fairly regular 

 and more distantly placed than in the named species, and the 

 interstices are likewise finely punctured ; in the allied forms the 

 punctation is almost always close and irregular and that of the 

 thorax more distinct. The species would find its place amongst 

 Lacordaire's group in which the tarsi are broad. 



Peploptera semifasciata, sp. n. 



Black, the tibiae and tarsi fulvous ; thorax strongly and sparingly 

 punctured, fulvous ; elytra strongly, closely, and semiregularlv 



