African Phytophagous Coleoptera. 231 



in which latter genus species are placed, having more 

 elongate tibiae and tarsi as well as elytra. 



Gynandropldhalma triplagiata, sp. n. 



Fulvous, the breast and abdomen black, head finely punctured, 

 thorax impunctate, elytra very finely punctured in closely approached 

 rows, a spot on the shoulders and two larger ones, placed transversely 

 below the middle, black. 



Length 5|-6 millim. 



Head with three deep but small fovese between the eyes, punctured 

 in front of the latter and at the vertex, fulvous, shining, the clypeus 

 nearly impunctate, transverse, its anterior margin nearly straight, 

 labrum testaceous, antenna with the lower five joints and the outer 

 margins of the following three, fulvous, the rest black, the fifth to the 

 eleventh joint triangularly dilated ; thorax about twice and a half 

 broader than long, scarcely narrowed anteriorly, the sides rounded, the 

 disc smooth and impunctate with the exception of some few punctures 

 at the middle near the anterior margin, scutellum black, its apex 

 strongly raised, the base depressed and sparingly punctured ; elytra 

 extremely finely and closely punctured in indistinct rows, pale 

 fulvous with an elongate black spot on the shoulders and two others 

 (the inner one the largest and oblong) placed transversely below the 

 middle ; under side black (the thorax excepted) densely clothed with 

 white pubescence, legs entirely fulvous, tarsi rather slender. 



Hob. Mashonaland, Salisbury {G. Marshall). 



Mr. Marshall sent two exactly similar specimens, only 

 varying in size, of this very distinct species, which seems 

 allied to G. foveiceps, Lac, in regard to coloration, but that 

 species is only 3 millim. in length and has a black and 

 rugose head. 



Gynandrophthalma piclurata, sp. n. 



Below piceous, the tibice and tarsi (sometimes flavous) and the 

 head black, thorax sparingly punctured, fulvous with two large black 

 spots, elytra strongly and very closely semipunctate-striate, flavous, 

 a transversa band near the base and another near the apex connected 

 by a subsutural stripe, black. 



Var. Thorax with four spots placed transversely. 



Length 3 millim. 



Of narrow and parallel shape, the head black, strongly but re- 

 motely punctured between the eyes, the vertex smooth and shining, 



