256 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



VI. 



Elytra pale yellow without any markings fnscula. 



VII. 



Head and elytra brassy green or metallic black; prothorax red. 



Elytra metallic green; tarsi long, fourth joint not lobate . . thoracica. 



Elytra metallic black, fourth joint of tarsi lobate speciosa. 



Lebia (Liopeza) thoracica, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 54. 



Head and elytra dark blue ; the three basal joints of the antennae, 

 legs, and prothorax red, shining ; head finely punctulate ; labrnm, 

 palpi, and antennae, with the exception of the three basal joints, 

 black ; prothorax broader than long, with the anterior angles much 

 rounded, closely punctulate, and with a narrow^, median, longitudinal 

 groove ; elytra about one-fourth broader than the prothorax and 

 more than twice as long, with the anterior angles rounded and the 

 outer sides nearly straight, plane, narrowly striate, with the intervals 

 iiat and very slightly punctulate ; abdomen dark blue ; femora 

 brilliant red, with the tibise more or less infuscate ; tarsi slightly 

 bristly underneath ; claws with three teeth on each side ; fourth 

 joint of the anterior tarsi almost truncate at the tip. Length 6 mm.; 

 width 3^ mm. 



Hah. Natal (D' Urban), teste Chaud. 



Lebia (Nematopeza) immaculata, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 51. 

 Nematopeza erythrodera, Chaud., Bull. Mosc, 1877, p. 147. 



Head black, closely punctulate, antennae rufescent with the two 

 basal joints redder; labrum and palpi slightly reddish; prothorax 

 dark reddish brown, one-third broader than long, with the anterior 

 part of the outer sides much rounded, closely punctulato-plicate and 

 finely grooved in the centre ; elytra a little lighter in colour than 

 the prothorax, nearly twice as broad at the base and nearly four 

 times as long, with the outer sides nearly straight, moderately flat, 

 narrowly striate, with the median part of the intervals subcarinate ; 

 under side ferruginous-red ; apical abdominal segments infuscate ; 

 legs ferruginous red, with the tibiae darker than the femora. Length 

 8 mm. ; width 3-4 mm. 



Hab. Natal (D'Urban), teste Chaud. ; Mashunaland (Salisbury). 



Lebia (Nematopeza) fraterna. 



The description of L. immaculata applies to this species, which 

 differs, however, from the former in size, it being much smaller, in 

 the shape of the elytra, which, instead of being subparallel, are 

 gradually, although slightly, ampliated from the humeral angle to 



