African Phytophagous Coleoptera. 337 
Platyxantha intermedia^ sp. n. 
Fulvous, the antennas fuscous, thorax transversely sulcate, the 
sides metallic-greenish, elytra metallic bright green, closely and 
strongly punctured, and slightly rugose. Length, 2^ lines. 
Head impunctate, fulvous, the vertex with a pale purplish gloss, 
frontal elevations narrowly transverse, strongly raised, lower 
portion of face paler ; antennae two-thirds the length of the 
elytra, nearly black, pubescent, the third and fourth joints equal ; 
thorax twice as broad as long, of equal width, the sides narrowed 
at the base, rounded before the middle ; the surface with two 
shallow fovese, minutely granulate and finely punctured near the 
anterior angles, the sides with a narrow metallic-greenish band 
which gradually widens towards the anterior angles ; scutellum 
black ; elytra closely and strongly punctured, the interspaces not 
broader than the punctures, somewhat rugose, with traces of 
longitudinal smooth narrow lines or costse here and there ; under- 
side and legs fulvous, tibise unarmed, the first joint of the posterior 
tarsi as long as the following joints together. 
Rah. Delagoa Bay. 
The single, apparently female, specimen contained in 
my collection has partly the coloration of the two pre- 
ceding species, but is smaller, and differs in many details. 
Monolepta octomaculataj sp. n. 
Fulvous, the antennae (the basal joint excepted), the breast, and 
the legs black, thorax transverse, sparingly punctured, elytra very 
minutely punctured, fulvous, each with four small black spots 
(1, 1, 2). Length, 1^ lines. 
Head impunctate, fulvous, frontal tubercles not strongly raised, 
labrum and palpi black ; antennae not extending to the middle of 
the elytra, black, the basal joint fulvous, the second and third 
joints small, equal, third and fourth also of equal length, terminal 
joints slightly shorter ; thorax scarcely twice as broad as long, 
the sides narrowed towards the apex, rounded near the base ; the 
posterior margin also rounded ; the surface very minutely and 
rather closely punctured, fulvous ; scutellum black ; elytra micro- 
scopically punctured and very finely wrinkled, fulvous, a small 
spot on the shoulder, another at the sides near the middle, and two 
spots below the latter placed obliquely transverse, black, the 
extreme apical angle also of the same colour ; elytral epipleurae 
broad at the base, disappearing below the middle, breast and legs 
black, the anterior femora more or less fulvous. 
Hab, Natal. 
