African Phytophagous Coleoptcra. 229 



broad, finely rugose ; elytra very finely and rather closely punctured, 

 fulvous, opaque, the shoulders with a black spot, another spot is 

 placed below the scutellum near the suture and a narrow transverse 

 black band below the middle not extending to either margin, the an- 

 terior legs in the male elongate, the femora robust, the tibioe slightly 

 curved and dilated at the apex, not mucronate at the latter part, the 

 first joint of the anterior tarsi only slightly longer than the second, 

 triangularly dilated and comparatively short. 



Hab. Malvekn, South Africa {G. Barker). 



Of this species I have received four male specimens 

 but no females from Mr. Barker ; there is no described 

 species to my knowledge which may be referred to this 

 insect, and which I have placed in Gamptolenes on account 

 of the pubescent head and thorax; the large mandibles 

 and the short tarsi will help to separate the species from 

 any of its allies. 



Tituloea leflvrei, sp. n. 



Black, the labrum fulvous, thorax strongly transverse, fulvous, 

 impunctate, elytra strongly and closely punctured, flavous or fulvous, 

 a spot on the shoulders (sometimes obsolete), two, placed transversely 

 before and two others below the middle, black. 



Length 9 millim. 



Elongate and parallel, the head black, the vertex smooth, the space 

 between the eyes longitudinally rugose, labrum fulvous, antennse 

 black, the fourth and following joints very strongly transversely 

 serrate ; thorax rather more than twice as broad as long, the sides 

 and the posterior angles strongly rounded, the median lobe broadly 

 produced, very narrowly marginate, the disc entirely impunctate, 

 fulvous, rather paler anteriorly, scutellum black, rather long and 

 pointed, impunctate, elytra strongly punctured in closely approached, 

 irregular rows, each with an obscure spot on the humeral callus and 

 four others placed obliquely and transversely before and below the 

 middle, black, of these, the lower two spots are nearly united in 

 shape of a band in one specimen ; below and the legs black, the 

 anterior legs elongate, the first joint of their tarsi scarcely as long as 

 the following two joints together. 



Hah. Kabambake, Africa (Collect. Belgian Mus. and 

 my own). 



Closely allied in its system of coloration to T. sanzibarica, 

 Lefev., but in that species the thorax has two black bands 



