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the prothorax is more distinctly sinuate above the posterior angle, 

 and the fourth joint of the tarsi broadly lobate instead of being sub- 

 lobate as in the present species. 

 Hab. Natal (Malvern). 



Lebia speeabilis. 



Head black, antennae deeply infuscate, nearly black with the 

 exception of the three basal joints which are rufescent, the second 

 joint is ringed with black ; prothorax and legs brick-red ; elytra 

 piceous in the posterior part, and piceous-red in the anterior except 

 the base, which is distinctly rufescent across ; head and neck finely 

 aciculate ; prothorax nearly twice as broad as long, very slightly 

 sinuate laterally behind with the posterior margin recurved, faintly 

 aciculate, smooth and shining ; elytra broader than the prothorax by 

 about one-third, oblong, glabrous, finely punctato-striate, and with 

 the intervals distinctly convex and sub-carinate ; pectus rufescent, 

 abdomen black ; fourth joint of anterior tarsi very slightly lobate and 

 hardly dilated. Length 6 mm. ; width 2f mm. 



This species is easily distinguished by its facies, which resembles 

 that of Phlceozctus. In colouring it is not unlike L. natalis, from 

 which it greatly differs in appearance, but the anterior part of the 

 elytra, apart from the base, is suffused with a rufescent tinge entirely 

 absent in L. natalis. 



Hab. Zambesia (Salisbury). 



Lebia discrepans. 



Testaceous-red with the antennae and legs flavescent, and the 

 posterior half of the elytra infuscate ; head and prothorax closely 

 aciculate, the latter is hardly sinuate laterally towards the posterior 

 angle, and the margins are much recurved ; the elytra are about 

 one-third broader than the prothorax at the base and gradually 

 ampliated from the shoulder to about three-fourths of the length 

 where they are a little more than twice as wide, they are very 

 slightly convex on the upper part and distinctly costate with the 

 intervals striate, and the costae sub-carinate in the dorsal part ; 

 fourth joint of the tarsi lobate, the lobes long ; under side rufescent ; 

 abdomen infuscate. Length 5 mm. ; width 2^ mm. 



Hab. Natal (Malvern). 



This species is very distinct. The elytra are as sharply costate as 

 L. fraterna or L. immaculata, Catal., p. 256, and they are also 



