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example which I have seen, through the kindness of Mr. 0. E. 

 Janson, is labelled as such. But I believe that it has been recorded 

 also from the northern parts of Southern Ehodesia. 



Leucocelis lucens, Jans., 

 Cistul. Entomol., ii., 1877, p. 258. 

 ? discolor, Kolb., Stett. Entom. Zeit., vol. 56, 1895, p. 292. 



A most variable species. Bronze-black underneath, with the head 

 and scutellum black, the prothorax red or rufescent with the central 

 part almost always aeneo-fuscous, but occasionally also rufescent 

 with a transverse black basal band as in L. amethystina ; the elytra 

 are bright green, greenish blue, or violaceous, and are seldom 

 without numerous white elongated macules ; pygidium dark rufes- 

 cent, and also seldom without three white macules on each side. 

 The prothorax is very sparingly punctate in the posterior part, but in 

 most of the examples there are two rows, each of three white impres- 

 sions, on each side of the disk, and three or four white dots on the 

 supra-marginal side, often coalescing there so as to form a band. 

 Even if these white markings are obliterated the impressions are 

 still discernible ; the deeply punctured elytra have two lateral 

 rows of distinct punctures ; the upper part of the abdominal seg- 

 ments and the epimera bear a white macule, and the under side and 

 legs are sparingly hairy. 



The genitalia of the male do not differ in shape from those of 

 L. ceneicollis. I have not seen the type of L. discolor, Kolb., but 

 I am of opinion that it is the same species as L. lucens. 



I have seen two examples from Northern Damaraland, the whole 

 body of which is black, even the pygidium ; the elytra are blue with 

 a few white spots. This variety might be named amcennla. 



Length 9-10J mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Hab. Southern Ehodesia (Salisbury, Gwelo, Sebakwe, Manica, 

 Victoria Falls, Enkeldoorn, Northern Damaraland). 



Leucocelis umtalina, n. sp. 



iEneous black, the prothorax also aeneous black but very broadly 

 marginated with red, elytra dark bottle-green ; pygidium and the two 

 apical abdominal segments red. Head sculptured as in the preced- 

 ing species, viz., finely aciculate on the clypeus and deeply and 

 closely punctate on the frontal part ; prothorax deeply punctate, the 

 punctures moderately closely set in the posterior part, and having 

 on each side two rows of deep, elongated impressions filled with 



