218 Mr. M. Jacoby on 



Miopristis hirta, sp. n. 



Below black, pubescent, legs fulvous, thorax finely pubescent, 

 black, the anterior margin fulvous, elytra finely, closely and semi- 

 regularly punctured, testaceous, clothed with very short silvery 

 pubescence. 



Mas. The anterior legs very elongate, their femora strongly 

 incrassate. 



Length 5| millim. 



Narrow and elongate, the head finely rugose and pubescent be- 

 tween the eyes, the upper portion black, the clypeus and labrum 

 fulvous, clypeus triangularly emarginate at the anterior margin, 

 antennae black, the lower three joints fulvous, the second and third 

 joint very small, the fourth and following joints triangularly dilated ; 

 thorax about one half broader than long, narrowed anteriorly, the 

 sides feebly rounded, the posterior angles obtuse, the surface im- 

 punctate, black, shining, sparingly clothed with grey pubescence, 

 the anterior margin more broadly and the lateral ones very narrowly 

 fulvous, scutellum triangular, pointed, black ; elytra very finely and 

 closely punctured in irregular rows, furnished with very short silvery 

 pubescence, testaceous ; below black, strongly pubescent, legs fulvous, 

 the anterior femora of the male strongly dilated, finely serrate at 

 their lower margin, the tibiae long, mucronate at the apex, the first 

 joint of the tarsi elongate, as long as the following joints together, 

 the last joints more or less fuscous. 



Hab. Mashonaland, Salisbury (G. Marshall). 



This is an interesting little species on account of the 

 pubescence of the upper surface, which is not found in any 

 other of the genus. Mr. Marshall has forwarded two 

 specimens, both males. 



Miopristis melanocephalns, sp. n. 



$ Black, the head rugose, thorax fulvous, impunctate, elytra 

 testaceous ; extremely finely and closely punctured, legs flavous, the 

 anterior femora dilated, black at the apex, the tarsi black. 



Length 7 millim. 



Head finely and closely rugose between the eyes, the vertex 

 sparingly punctured, each puncture furnished with a whitish hair, 

 clypeus triangularly emarginate, labrum fulvous, antennae extending 

 to the base of the thorax, black, the apex of the basal joint and the 

 following two joints fulvous, the fifth and the following one strongly 

 triangularly dilated ; thorax more than twice as . broad as long, the 



