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In spite of the great distance separating the two recorded habitats 

 of this species, the specimens are absolutely alike, and the genital 

 armature similar. 



Ablabera matabelena, n. spec. 



Closely allied in so far as the general facies goes, with P. amoena, 

 but the colour is redder, the head is not infuscate, the clypeus is 

 plainly sinuate laterally, the outer angles do not project in the male, 

 and the anterior margin is only slightly sinuate, it thus resembles- 

 much the clypeus of the female of P. amoena, but it is sinuate only, 

 not deeply incised laterally ; the elytra have a faint trace of dorsal 

 costule ; the inner spur of the anterior tibiae is straight, and the 

 inner claw of the anterior tarsi is not cleft. 



Length 9 mm. ; width 4f mm. 



Hab. Southern Ehodesia (Buluwayo). 



Ablabera fuscipennis, Blanch., 

 Cat. Coll. Ent., 1850, p. 101. 

 A. infuscata, Bl., loc. cit., p. 101. 



Head, prothorax, and under side black, scutellum fuscous ; elytra 

 light or dark chestnut, pedicel of antennae navous, upper part of 

 club infuscate in both sexes ; clypeus more sharply narrowed 

 laterally in the male than in the female, not incised or deeply sinuate 

 in the anterior part, but with the outer angles sub-acuminate and 

 slightly projecting outwardly, anterior margin almost straight, but 

 with the median part very slightly projecting ; in the female the 

 clypeus is not deeply incised laterally near the anterior part, the 

 angles are moderately sharp but not projecting, and the anterior 

 margin is straight, both head and clypeus are very closely punctured ; 

 prothorax covered with round, equi-distant, somewhat deep and not 

 very closely set punctures ; scutellum punctate ; elytra parallel in 

 the male, slightly ampliated towards the posterior part in the female, 

 deeply punctate, the punctures equi-distant as on the prothorax and 

 of nearly the same size, dorsal costules very slightly indicated ; 

 inner spur of the anterior tibiae strongly curved outwardly at tip 

 in the male. 



Length 8-9 mm. ; width 4-5 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Namaqualand). 



Ablabera hopeiana, n. spec. 



Totally chestnut-red, with the frontal part of the head slightly 

 fuscous ; pedicel of antennae rufescent, club infuscate ; clypeus as 



