African Phytophagous Coleoptera. 251 



obscure fulvous, palpi pale fulvous, eyes not surrounded by a sulcus, 

 antennae slender, extending below the middle of the elytra, black, 

 the lower three or four joints fulvous, the second joint nearly as long 

 as the third, but thicker, the fourth to the seventh joint fulvous at 

 the apex, the terminal ones distinctly thicker, thorax transversely 

 subquadrate, twice as broad as long, the sides nearly straight, the 

 anterior angles slightly prominent, the surface closely impressed 

 with deep, round punctures, which extend to all the margins, 

 scutellum elongate, impunctate, its apex pointed, elytra strongly and 

 irregularly punctate-striate, the punctures frequently double especi- 

 ally so anteriorly, the interstices also with some very fine punctures 

 but not raised ; below and the legs dark piceous, the tarsi rather 

 lighter ; prosternum oblong, distinctly punctured, slightly longi- 

 tudinally sulcate at the sides. 



Hah. Mashon ALAND, Salisbury (G. Marshall). 



Colasposoma curvipes, sp. n. 



Dark aeneous, very shining, head and thorax finely and closely 

 punctured, elytra as closely but more strongly punctured than the 

 thorax, the interstices at the sides finely transversely rugose, anterior 

 tibiae curved. 



Mas. Thorax strongly transverse, widened at the sides, elytra with 

 a feeble lateral depression, anterior femora dentate, their tibiae 

 strongly curved. 



Length 5-6 millim. 



Mas. Head iinely and somewhat closely punctured, with a feeble 

 central groove, the clypeus rather obsoletely separated from the face, 

 the sutures stained with cupreous, antennae extending below the 

 middle of the elytra, black, the lower two or three joints fulvous, 

 the basal joint more or less stained with aeneous, thorax about three 

 times broader than long, narrowed at the middle, the anterior 

 margin strongly concave, the sides strongly rounded, widest at the 

 base, the disc convex, finely and closely punctured, the sides finely 

 transversely strigose (more distinctly so in the female), scutellum 

 twice as broad as long, with a few punctures, elytra rather short, 

 feebly depressed below the base, closely and more strongly punctured 

 than the thorax, the punctures unevenly arranged in rows near the 

 suture, the sides more irregularly punctate and finely transversely 

 rugose ; the penis strongly curved, the apex produced into a long 

 and pointed end. 



Hal. Ikuta, Africa or. 



Of this distinct species I received several specimens 



