African Phytophagous Goleoptera. 215 



Poeczlomorpha fasciaticollis, sp. n. 



The lower part of the head and the under side and legs black, 

 closely pubescent, thorax fulvous with a central longitudinal black 

 band, elytra flavous, closely punctured, a spot on the shoulders and 

 a transverse band near the apex black. 



Length 12 millim. 



Head fulvous at the vertex, the latter clothed with black erect 

 hairs, finely punctured, the lower portion black, closely covered with 

 long white hairs, labrum fulvous, antenna? extending to the base of 

 the thorax, black, the lower four joints fulvous, the fifth and follow- 

 ing joints strongly transversely widened ; thorax one half broader 

 than long, the sides strongly rounded and widened at the middle, 

 the disc without distinct sulci, fulvous and pubescent like the head, 

 the middle with a narrow black band from the apex to the base ; 

 scutellum black, elytra slightly narrowed posteriorly, finely punc- 

 tured, each puncture provided with a black hair, with a black spot 

 on the shoulder and a broad transverse band below the middle, the 

 rest of the surface flavous, below and the legs black, the latter and 

 the breast thickly clothed with white pubescence, posterior femora 

 strongly incrassate and extending beyond the elytra. ( £ ) 



Hah. Mashonaland, Mtoko's (G. Marshall). 



Of this handsome species, Mr. Marshall has obtained 

 both sexes, the female not differing from the male except 

 in the broader thoracic band and the shorter posterior 

 legs. I know of no other described species with similar 

 coloration. 



Lcucastea dahomeyensis, sp. n. 



Flavous, pubescent, thorax with a few fine punctures, subangulate 

 near the base, elytra more strongly and closely punctured, black 

 with stiff fulvous and black hairs. 



Var. Entirely flavous, each elytron with a small black spot near 

 the middle. 



Length 8 millim. 



Head sparingly punctured and clothed with single black hairs, 

 the clypeus narrowly transverse, flavous like the labrum, apex of the 

 mandibles black, antenna? extending beyond the base of the thorax, 

 flavous, the terminal six joints thickened but not transverse ; thorax 

 nearly twice as broad as long, with an anterior and basal narrow 

 sulcus, the sides produced into a rounded angle near the base, the 

 disc with single black hairs and a few punctures, elytra remotely but 

 more distinctly punctured than the thorax and similarly pubescent ; 



