1898.] of the Coleojptera of South Africa. 331 



Phlgeozetus PRiEusTus, Per., 

 Catal., p. 251. 



This species must be considered as identical with P. umbraculatus 

 The latter varies enormously in size and dimension of the apical 

 infuscate band on the elytra, and although in my typical prceustus 

 the band is wider and the intervals less carinate, I have now seen 

 several examples intermediate in that respect. P. umbraculatus 

 varies from 5 mm. to 8 J mm. in length. 



Phlgeozetus pusillus. 



Testaceous with the head and the centre of prothorax brick-red ; 

 antennae rufescent, legs navous ; head very deeply and closely 

 punctured ; prothorax of the usual shape but slightly angular 

 laterally at the point of insertion of the anterior lateral seta ; it is 

 closely punctured on the disk and sides ; elytra finely striate, the 

 striae finely punctured and the intervals plane ; they are pale 

 testaceous and have at an equal distance from the median and the 

 apical parts a transverse, infuscate patch forming a sort of triangle on 

 each side of the suture, of which the apex reaches the seventh stria. 

 Length 5 mm. ; width 2 J- mm. 



This species has much resemblance to P. plausibilis, Catal., 

 p. 248, but the prothorax is more angular laterally, the punctures of 

 the stria3 on the elytra are much finer, and the transverse band 

 extends very much farther. 



Hab. Cape Colony (no exact locality). 



Gen. LEBIA, 



Catal., p. 252. 



Lebia fortuita. 



Testaceous with the head and prothorax a little redder than the 

 elytra ; antennae, palpi, and legs flavescent ; head aciculate and sub- 

 plicate along the eyes ; neck smooth ; prothorax very faintly 

 aciculate ; elytra one-third broader at the base than the prothorax, 

 gradually ampliate laterally from the shoulder to near the apex, but 

 with the sides straight, about one-fifth broader at the widest part 

 than at the base, finely striate ; the striae hardly punctate, and the 

 intervals nearly plane ; they are shining and have a quadrate 

 infuscate or black basal patch extending as far as the fourth stria on 



