African Phytophagous Coleoptera, 
829 
Megalognatha hahji, sp. n. 
Bluish-black below, head and thorax fulvous, very finely 
punctured, scutellum black ; elytra metallic-blue or green, closely 
and strongly punctured, and finely rugose. Length, 3j-4|^ lines. 
Head impunctate, fulvous, the frontal elevations obsolete, 
labrum black ; antenna) black, the two or three lower joints fulvous, 
third joint one-half shorter than the fourth, terminal joints 
shortened ; thorax transverse, narrowed in front, the sides slightly, 
the posterior margin more strongly rounded, the posterior angles 
oblique, the surface extremely finely punctured, with two or three 
small and rather obsolete fovese at the sides and at the base ; 
scutellum black, broader than long, its apex acute ; elytra metallic- 
green or blue, closely and strongly punctured, the interstices finely 
rugose, underside and legs bluish-black, tibiae unarmed, the first 
joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the following three joints 
together ; anterior coxal cavities open. 
Hah. Hex River. 
The last abdominal segment in the male has a short 
longitudinal impression at the middle. The species 
resembles somewhat M. elegans, Baly, but is twice as 
large, and differs in the colour of the undersides and 
many other details. 
Malacosoma fairmairel, sp. n. 
Fulvous, the antennee, tibiee, and tarsi black, thorax closely and 
strongly punctured, elytra rugose-punctate, black, the sutural, 
lateral, and apical margins flavous. Length, 3 lines. 
Head broad and convex, fulvous, the vertex with a few fine 
punctures, frontal elevations oblique, clypeus flavous, labrum and 
mandibles stained with black ; antennae extending to the middle of 
the elytra, entirely black, the third joint shorter than the fourth, 
terminal joints widened ; thorax twice as broad as long, of equal 
width, the sides nearly straight, the angles not prominent but 
distinct ; the surface rather convex, fulvous, closely and rather 
strongly punctured ; scutellum broader than long ; elytra rather 
more strongly punctured than the thorax, the punctuation very 
close, the interstices everywhere finely rugose, black, the lateral 
margins narrowly, the sutural one slightly more broadly, flavous, 
but the sutural band rather suddenly narrowed near the base ; the 
apex also rather broadly flavous, underside and femora fulvous, 
tibiae and tarsi black. 
Hah. Mashunaland_, Salisbury. 
Of this species I have seen two specimens, one from 
