1900.] FROM SOUTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA. 241 



than broad ; thorax three times broader than long, the sides rounded 

 anteriorly, straight at the base, the anterior margin deeply concave 

 behind the eyes, the surface sparingly punctured at the disc, more 

 strongly and closely so at the sides, purplish ; scutellum small : 

 elytra semiglobose, the disc metallic greenish, the suture and the 

 sides purplish, the punctures scarcely stronger than those of the 

 thorax, arranged in distant rows near the suture, larger and more 

 irregular at the sides, the lateral margins with a single row of deep 

 punctures to the middle, from there to the apex impunctate, the 

 epipleura? very broad, purplish ; legs triangularlv compressed, the 

 prosternum narrowed anteriorly in shape of a ridge. 



Hob. Umkomaas Mts., Pt. Shepstone, Natal (G. Marshall). 



This species must be closely allied to C. badeniVogel, so far as a 

 diagnosis of four lines will permit one to judge ; there are so many 

 very closely allied species of Chrysomela to be found in Africa, 

 that only a detailed description is of any use whatever. C. badeni 

 is described as having the posterior thoracic angles obtuse, which 

 is not the case here, where they are very distinct ; this species has 

 also the underside and legs black and the colour of the upper 

 surface is not very pronounced but rather subdued ; in some 

 specimens the lower joints of the antennae are more or less fulvous ; 

 the sides of the thorax are somewhat strongly widened anteriorly 

 and distinctly broader than the middle portion. 



PSEUDOMELA NIGRLPENNIS, sp. n. 



Fulvous, the apical joints of the antenna?, the sides of the breast, 

 part of the abdomen, the legs, and the elytra black ; head and 

 thorax minutely punctured ; elytra opaque, silky, with a few minute 

 punctures. 



Length 8 millim. 



Head very broad, fulvous, sparingly and very finely punctured ; 

 antenna? with strongly dilated apical joints, black, the lower four 

 joints fulvous ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides rounded, 

 the angles distinct, the disc convex, very fine]} r and remotely 

 punctured; scutellum broad, obscure fulvous ; elytra rather elongate, 

 of entirely silky and opaque appearance, black, with some very fine 

 punctures when seen under a strong lens, the suture and the epi- 

 pleurse with moderately long fulvous hairs ; below and the lege 

 black, the metasternum partly and the last abdominal segment 

 fulvous ; claws simple, the anterior coxal cavities open. 



Hah. Cameroons. 



This is a species of entirely different sculpturing and coloration 

 than any of its allies, and must find its place in Pseudomela accord- 

 ing to the arrangement of Weise. 



Lygaria terminata, sp. n. 



Below, the antenna? (the basal four joints excepted), the elytra, 

 and the legs black ; head and thorax flavous, the latter very mi- 

 nutely punctured ; elytra finely and closely punctured, the inter- 

 stices aciculate, the extreme apex flavous : claws bifid. 



