338 Mr. M. Jacoby^s contributions to the knowledge of 
Candezea mashuana, sp. n. 
Pale flavous, the terminal joints of the antennae and the tibiae 
and tarsi black, thorax impunctate, elytra extremely minutely and 
closely punctured. Length, 3f lines. 
Of convex but nearly parallel shape, pale yellowish ; the head 
impunctate, without any frontal elevations, penultimate joint of 
the palpi incrassate ; antennae long and slender, extending to the 
middle of the elytra, the lower four joints fulvous, the others 
black, the base of each joint also flavous, third joint one-half 
longer than the second ; thorax one-half broader than long, the 
sides rounded as well as the posterior margin, the surface entirely 
impunctate ; scutellum triangular ; elytra extremely closely and 
finely punctured, the interstices very minutely wrinkled ; elytral 
epipleurae continued below the middle, tibiae and tarsi black, the 
first joint of the posterior tarsi half the length of the tibiae. 
Hah, Mashunaland, Salisbury. 
Candezea femorata, sp. n. 
Black ; the head, antennae, thorax, elytra, and the tibi^ and 
tarsi flavous, thorax nearly impunctate, elytra very finely punc- 
tured. Length, 2^-3 lines. 
Head broad and short, impunctate, fulvous, frontal tubercles 
distinct, lower portion of face convex, testaceous, labrum piceous ; 
antennae slender, flavous, as long as the body, the basal joint very 
long, the third nearly one-half shorter than the fourth, terminal 
joint black at the apex ; thorax rather more than twice as broad 
as long, the sides nearly straight, the anterior angles oblique, the 
posterior margin sinuate, the surface scarcely perceptibly punctured, 
fulvous ; scutellum black ; elytra convex, fulvous, very finely and 
closely punctured, their epipleurae continued below the middle ; 
underside and femora black, tibiae and tarsi flavous, the first joint 
of the posterior tarsi nearly half the length of the tibia, anterior 
cotyloid cavities closed. 
Hah. Natal. 
At once distinguislied from C. flaveolaj Gerst.^ by tbe 
colour of the underside_, scutellum, and femora. 
Buphonida africana, sp. n. 
Black, finely pubescent, head and thorax rugose, elytra dark 
violaceous, pubescent, more finely rugosely punctured than the 
head and thorax, last abdominal segment flavous. Length, 2-3 
lines. 
