African Phytophagous Goleopfera. 
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Head impunctate, fulvous, the frontal elevations broad, trans- 
verse, carina acutely raised, antennae extending to the middle of 
the elytra, black, the lower three joints fulvous, the basal joint 
rather long, the second slightly shorter than the third joint ; thorax 
nearly three times broader than long, the sides rounded, with a 
narrow margin, the anterior angles slightly thickened, the surface 
with a few minute punctures, rather convex ; scutellum triangular, 
black; elytra widened posteriorly, metallic-violaceous, finely and 
rather closely punctured, the underside and the posterior legs 
black, the four anterior ones more or less fulvous ; prosternum 
very distinct. 
Hah. Natal ; Museum^ Cape Town, and my collection. 
Sehpethe tibialis, sp. n. 
Flavous, the antennae (the basal joints excepted) and the tibise 
black ; thorax sparingly punctured ; elytra closely and finely punc- 
tate. Length, l^ line. 
Head impunctate, the frontal tubercles small, not much raised, 
carina blunt, clypeus with a central ridge; antennse long, the lower 
two joints fulvous, the others black, second joint thickened, 
scarcely smaller than the third, this latter slightly smaller than the 
fourth joint, the following nearly equal ; thorax three times 
broader than long, the sides strongly rounded, the anterior angles 
not produced, slightly thickened, the surface with some very fine 
punctures irregularly distributed, the sides with an ill-defined 
longitudinal groove and the base with a similar curved transverse 
impression, only visible in certain lights ; scutellum triangular ; 
elytra more closely and strongly punctured than the thorax, the 
apex nearly smooth, epipleurae broad, posterior femora strongly 
iucrassate, fulvous, their apex and the tibiae nearly black, meta- 
tarsus of the posterior legs as long as the following three joints 
together. 
Hah. Natal. 
Smaller than S. torrida, Baly_, and of a different system 
of coloration. 
Mantura quadriplagiata, sp. n. 
Ovate, black; antennae, tibiie and tarsi fulvous; thorax impunc- 
tate, with two perpendicular grooves ; elytra punctate-striate, a 
subquadrate spot on the shoulder and a rounded one near the 
apex, fulvous. Length, 1| line. 
Head without frontal tubercles and carina, black, the sides 
above the eyes with a narrow oblique ridge, clypeus broad, palpi 
