256 Mr. M. Jacoby on African Phytophagoios Coleoptera. 



as in C. americana ; lastly, the penis is much more strongly 

 curved and broader, but agrees in general structure except 

 at the apex, which at the sides is turned downwards into 

 a triangular widening near the point. 



Specimens from Abyssinia in my collection are larger, 

 but the sculpturing of the thorax and that of the elytra 

 are similar, except that the interstices between the narrow 

 green bands are finely but distinctly punctured ; whether 

 this is again another closely allied form, or only a local 

 aberration, the examination of the penis will probably 

 decide, but I have only female specimens for examination. 

 Lastly, Fair m aire has described a G. interversa from Kili- 

 mandjaro, which he says differs from C. americana in the 

 reversion of the elytral coloured bands, but his description 

 is quite unintelligible in regard to these bands, as he 

 speaks of a sutural, a 4th, 5th, and 7th band (meaning, 

 I suppose, the narrow purplish stripes which are limited 

 by punctures, but of which each elytron only has five). 

 I possess a specimen likewise from Kilimandjaro which 

 answers partly Fairmaire's description, but as the author 

 says nothing of the sculpture of the thorax, or other 

 details, his species must remain obscure. My specimen, 

 from the same locality, agrees in the main points with 

 C. americana, but as it is a female one cannot come to a 

 settled conclusion as to its identity. Of C. salisburiensis 

 there are three specimens before me which agree very 

 nearly in the details pointed out above. 



Explanation of Plate X. 



Fig. 1. Cryptocephalus lividus. 



2 J ,, varioplagiatus. 



3. , , barkeri. 



4. Miopristis hirta. 



5. „ varipes. 



6. „ melanocephalus. 



7. Camptolenes brevitarsis. 



8. Diapromorpha tigrina. 



9. Peploptera curvilinea. 



10. Diapromorpha terminata. 



11. Gyriodera subl&vicollis. 



12. Himerida clavareauL 



