202 Descrii:)tive Catalogue [1896. 



Gen. SELOUSIA. 



Mentum, palpi, antennge, and tarsi of Liiwstratia ; ligula longer, 

 narrower, paraglossse not so long and with the tips slightly oblique ; 

 labrum transverse, slightly incised in the centre ; prothorax and 

 elytra broader than in Lipostratia, the former less cordiform ; el}"tra 

 parallel, deeply striato-punctate, with the intervals highly raised 

 and convex ; legs grooved ; claws pectinate. 



Allied to Glycia. 



Selousia nobilis. 



Head and prothorax very dark metallic green, almost black ; elytra 

 violaceous ; labrum and epistome smooth and slightly rufescent ; 

 head bi-impressed and covered with deep irregular punctures ; 

 antennae black, with the basal joint reddish ; prothorax ampliate in 

 the anterior part, gradually narrowed behind for tw^o-thirds of the 

 length, with the posterior angles acute, moderately convex on the 

 disk, deplanated on the sides with the margins recurved, sharp and 

 rufescent, broadly and closely punctured, and deeply grooved longi- 

 tudinally in the centre ; elytra parallel, with the anterior angles very 

 slightly rounded, depressed, narrowly striate, with the intervals 

 raised, convex and punctulate, the ninth interval with a series of 

 equidistant, broad> moderately deep punctures. Length 12 mm. ; 

 width 4 mm. 



This pretty insect was captured by Mr. F. C. Selous in the Manica 

 country, Zambezia. 



Gen. WAHLBEEGIA. 



Mentum, ligula, palpi, and tarsi of Callida ; the claws with six 

 inner teeth instead of twelve ; prothorax very elongate, subcordi- 

 form ; elytra hardly broader than the prothorax at the base, gradu- 

 ally ampliated behind, and one-third broader at the apex than at the 

 base, strongly sinuated behind, with the sutural part projecting. 



Wahlbekgia amcenula, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., vol. i., p. 42. 



Slender ; antennae black, with the three first joints and the basal 

 part of the fourth red ; head and prothorax dark blue, very roughly, 

 deeply, and closely punctured ; prothorax slender, nearly twice as 

 long as broad in its widest part, subcordif orm , with a narrow, deep, 

 longitudinal median groove ; elytra emerald green, elongated, hardly 

 wider at the base than that of the prothorax, gradually ampliate 

 backwards where they are w^idest at the apex, the posterior part 

 much sinuate on each side wdth the sutural part projecting, mode- 

 rately convex, narrowly striate with the intervals roughly shagreened ; 



