DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPECIES OF SOUTH 

 AFRICAN EUMOLPIDvE. 



By E. Lefevre. 

 [Bead April, 1889.] 



Group. ODONTIONOPITES. 



Gen. Odontionopa. Chevr. 



0. discolor. — Oblonga, subparaliela, modice convexa saturate 

 cyanea vel cupreo-aenea, nitida, subtus pube albida brevissima 

 obsolete vestita, labro, palpis, antermis pedibusque brunneo-rufis ; 

 prothorace dense punctato ; elytris crebre et fortius punctatis, ad latera 

 utrinque transversim substrigatis ; femoribus omnibus subtus paulo 

 ante apicem dente minutissimo instructis. — Long. o\ — 5| mill. ; Lat 

 2J— 3 mill. 



Cape Town. 



Group. PSEUDOCOLASPITES. 



Gen. Pseudocolaspis. Lap. 



P. hottentota. — Breviter oblonga, modice convexa, aeneo- 

 metallescens, obscure subviolaceo-cuprea, nitidula, undique pilis longis 

 albidis adpressis sat dense vestita ; capite subremote punctato, 

 epistomate subarcuatim emarginato, palpis, antennis tibiisque 

 ferrugineis ; prothorace elytrisque confertim minute punctulatis, illo 

 trans verso, 'lateribus subrotundato ; scutello pentagono femoribus 

 omnibus subtus edentatis. — Long. 6^ mill. ; Lat. 3 J mill. 



Cape Town. 



P. variegata. — Oblonga, convexa, aeneo-metallescens, pilis squami- 

 formibus (subtus albis, supra albidis et fuscis intermixtis) densissime 

 obtecta ; capite punctulato, inter oculos substrigato, antennis nigris, 

 articulis duobus primis aenescentibus ; prothorace elytrisque confertim 

 minute punctulatis, humeris nitidis, illo subgloboso, antice sub_ 

 angustato ; scutello pentagono ; pedibus aeneo-metallicis ; femoribu s 

 duobus anticis subtus dente acuto armatis. — Long. 5 — 6 mill ; 

 Lat. 2J— 3 mill. 



Cape Colony (Triangle, Worcester). 



P. brachiata. — Suboblongotovata,modice convexa, asneo-cuprascens 

 pilis squamiformibus albis, subtus dense, superne parcius, obtecta ; 



