164 Mr. M. Jacoby's contributions to the hnowledge of 
Poecilomorpha mashuanaj sp. n. 
Fem. Black, pubescent, the abdomen flavous ; thorax very 
sparingly punctured ; elytra closely and strongly punctured, black, 
a triangular spot at the apex flavous. ■ Length, 5 lines. 
Head with a fovea between the eyes, black, the vertex shining, 
impunctate, the space in front of the eyes closely and finely 
punctured, labrum fulvous ; antenna extending to the middle of 
the elytra, black, the second and the fourth joints short, equal, the 
following ones strongly serrated or triangularly widened ; thorax 
twice as broad as long, narrowed in front, the sides straight, the 
posterior angles strongly produced into tubercles, the surface very 
sparingly punctured and with some white pubescence, narrowly 
transversely grooved near the anterior margin and more obsoletely 
so near the base ; elytra depressed below the base, the shoulders 
obliquely rounded, the surface closely and strongly punctured, 
black, clothed with white pubescence ; the apex in shape of a 
triangular spot, flavous; breast and legs black; abdomen flavous. 
Hob. Mashunaland (Salisbury). 
The above description is drawn from two female speci- 
mens, but Mr. Peringuey informs me that the male has 
entirely flavous elytra ; as, however, I have not seen that 
sex, I cannot give any more detailed description of it; 
the species is remarkable for its comparatively long 
antennse. 
CLYTHRIN^. 
Clythra maxima, sp. n. 
Black, thorax extremely minutely punctured; elytra fulvous, 
finely and irregularly punctured, the apex to a gi'eater or smaller 
degree, black. 
Mas. The anterior angles of the thorax narrowly fulvous, the 
base of the elytra paler, the extreme apex only black. Length, 
4:^ lines. 
Fem. Thorax entirely black, the fourth apical portion of the 
elytra black. Length, 6 lines. 
Mas. Head very finely punctured, the vertex with a deep 
central groove, the eyes very large, the intervening space longi- 
tudinally strigose, clypeus with several depressions, finely 
punctured; antennae extending to the base of the thorax, black, the 
third joint very small, fulvous, the following joints strongly trans- 
verse ; thorax at least three times broader than long, the sides with 
a narrow reflexed margin, gradually narrowed in front, posterior 
angles rounded, medial lobe scarcely produced, the disc shining, 
black, extremely minutely and closely punctured ; scutellum black, 
