354 Descrij^tive Catalogue [1896. 



broad, the discoidal part not so much raised, the punctures are denser, 

 and both head and prothorax are covered with some short decumbent 

 brownish hairs ; elytra a httle more parallel than in tahida, each one 

 with seven costse, with the intermediate ones not so much raised as 

 the others, and with dense decumbent yellowish brown hairs, inter- 

 vals with one broad series of punctures, apical part of the suture 

 slightly notched. It is not unusual to meet with examples in which 

 the brown pubescence has disappeared. Length 19-22 mm. ; width 

 6|— 7 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Port Elizabeth, Somerset East). 



MiCROLESTIA OXYGONA, Chaud., 



Bull. Mosc, 1844, iii., p. 475. 



Black, moderately shining ; head and prothorax like in M. rugoso- 

 2)unctata ; elytra a little more quadrate at the base, more parallel in 

 the male, but more ampliated in the middle in the female, and in 

 that way approximating the shape of the female M. tab id a, also more 

 convex in the anterior part in that sex, each one with seven mode- 

 rately raised costse, bearing on each side a series of minute punc- 

 tures briefly setigerous, the said costae more developed in the first 

 anterior part than in the posterior, where they get gradually oblite- 

 rated from the median part towards the apex, the intervals are 

 shallow, with a series of broad punctures, apical part of the suture 

 slightly incised. Length 20-23 mm. ; width 7-8 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Calvinia, Namaqualand minor). 



MiCROLESTIA SOBRINA. 



Head as in M. oxygona ; prothorax alike, but not quite so broad ; 

 elytra convex in the anterior part, ampliated from below the humeral 

 part, not attenuated behind, the apical part of the suture broadly 

 notched, on each side seven equal costae, more raised in the anterior 

 than in the posterior part, where the inner ones become flattened, and 

 intervals with a series of broad, round punctures. Length 20 mm. ; 

 width 8 mm. 



An intermediate form between M. ricgosopuiictata and M. atrata, 

 while the shape of the prothorax is like that of the former, with the 

 anterior angles less acute, the disposition of the costae on the elytra 

 is as in atrata, and the intervals and the series of punctures are 

 broader. Male unknown. 



No record of locality. 



MiCROLESTIA ATRATA, Bohem., 



Insect. Caffr., i., p. 113. 

 M. nigriua, Bohem., Vet. Ac. Forh., 1860, p. 10. 

 Head as in M. tahida and M. riigosopwictata ; prothorax with the 



