1896.] of the Golcoptcra of South Africa. 259 



Bohem., but neither the sutural nor the supra-marginal black bands 

 reach the apex as they do in L. vlagiata ; the head is also black 

 instead of being red, and the general facies is more elongated. 

 Hah. Natal (Frere). 



Lebia transvaalensis. 



Head, antennge, palpi, and prothorax bright brick-red ; head closely 

 punctured, and with longitudinal plications alongside the eyes ; pro- 

 thorax slightly rugose ; elytra elongate, subparallel, not very much 

 broader than the prothorax at the base, striate, with the intervals 

 convex, pale yellow, with a subquadrate basal black patch reaching 

 the third stria on each side, narrowed at the apex and prolonged 

 along the first sutural interval to a transverse band extending on each 

 side as far as the third stria, and bisinuate on the apical edge, and 

 a slight infuscated band on the lateral margin, better defined 

 opposite the extremity of the posterior transverse band ; under side 

 pale yellow, the three last abdominal joints infuscate. 



The dorsal markings resemble much those of L. insicliosa, the 

 basal patch is more gradually acuminate towards the suture and 

 also narrower there, the transverse band extends further on each 

 side, the lateral marginal band is hardly defined, and the elytra are 

 much more narrow. Length 6 mm. ; width 2-|- mm. 



Hah. Transvaal (Pretoria), Zambezia (Salisbury). 



Lebia eximia. 



Head, antennae, palpi, and prothorax bright brick-red ; head closely 

 punctured, hardly plicate along the eyes ; prothorax slightly rugose ; 

 elytra elongate, subparallel, one- third broader than the prothorax at 

 the base, deeply punctato-striate, with the intervals very convex, 

 rugose, and briefly pubescent, pale yellow, with an elongato-quad- 

 rate black patch extending as far as the fourth stria on each side, 

 reaching from the base to one-third of the length, and connected by 

 a short but well-defined narrower sutural band extending as far as the 

 third stria, with a wide black post-median band reaching as far as the 

 inner part of the outer margins, and sinuate on each side on the 

 anterior and posterior edge ; three abdominal segments deeply 

 infuscate ; under side and legs pale yellow. Length 6 mm. ; width 

 2f mm. 



Hah. Zambezia (Salisbury). 



Lebia plagiata, Bohem., 



Plate VI., fig. 15. 



Insect. Caffr., i., p. 55. 



Head, prothorax, antennae, and legs brick-red or reddish yellow ; 



prothorax with the anterior angles much rounded ; elytra ampliate 



