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from about the median part towards the apex, very sHghtly convex, 

 narrowly punctato-striate, with the intervals a little convex, pale 

 yellow or reddish yellow, with a sutural narrow infuscate band 

 reaching from base to apex dilated triangularly past the middle, and 

 an infuscate marginal band extending from the shoulder to the 

 suture, and broadening at about two-thirds of the length in the 

 direction of the sutural band so as to almost unite with it ; under 

 side and legs pale yellow, fourth joint of anterior tarsi lobate, lobes 

 long, abdominal segments infuscate or black. Length 3^6 mm. ; 

 width 2-3 mm. 



Boheman's type seems to me to be an immature specimen of a 

 very small size ; in my example the colour of the head and pro- 

 thorax is redder, and that of the elytra deeper yellow, the intervals 

 seem also more raised than in the type, but there can be no doubt 

 as to it being the same as Boheman's species. 



Hab. Zululand (Eshowe). 



Lebia adamantina, 

 Plate III., fig. 8. 



Head, prothorax, and antennae red ; the head is punctulate in the 

 anterior part, and slightly plicate alongside the eyes ; prothorax 

 aciculate, the anterior angles rounded ; elytra subparallel, striate, 

 the striae narrow and smooth, the intervals plane, pale yellow, w^ith 

 a sutural and slightly post-median transverse black bands forming 

 an elongated Maltese cross, the apical part of which is reduced to 

 a supra-marginal band, wider but much more narrow than the 

 anterior one, and the two lateral ends stop a little short of the outer 

 margin ; under side pale yellow, with the ultimate abdominal seg- 

 ments infuscate ; fourth joint of anterior tarsi slightly incised. 

 Length 5 mm. ; width 2 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Kimberley). 



Lebia congrua, 

 Plate YL, fig. 13. 

 Antennae rufescent, with the three basal joints paler ; palpi and 

 legs pale yellow ; head closely punctured, very dark red in the 

 anterior part and lighter behind ; prothorax with the anterior 

 angles much rounded, finely aciculate, yellowish red, and more 

 yellow on the outer sides ; elytra subparallel, plane, narrowly punc- 

 tato-striate with the intervals convex, pale yellow with a sutural 

 black band dilated at the base and past the centre, and emitting on 

 each side a transverse band reaching and ascending and descending 

 the outer margin, the posterior part of the sutural band is linear and 

 reaches the apex, the posterior margin is infuscate ; under side pale 



