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Show 210 MR. M. JACOBY ON PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA [Mar. 6, tarsi obscure fulvous; anterior tibiae raucronate at the apex, the first joint of their tarsi very elongate, as long as the following two joints together ( d )• Hab. Delagoa Bay, received from Mr. G. Marshall. C. abyssinica Lefcv. (Rev. de Zoolog. 1877, p. 223) seems to be very closely allied, and indeed there appear to be several African species to which Lefcvre's description partially but not entirely applies. Specimens received some time ago from M r . Marshall, w ho obtained them in Mashonaland (Salisbury), agree almost entirely with Lefevre's description of his C. abyssinica, but the male in m y possession has not the strongly developed mandibles of which the author speaks. On the other hand, the present species agrees in this respect, but the thorax is much shorter and decidedly not rugose and confluently punctate, so that I cannot identify the species with that of Lefevre. The apical elytral spot is only present in the female of C. pmbifrons, and scarcely indicated in the other sex. PEPLOPTERA APICATA, sp. n. (Plate XX. fig. 3.) Black, the basal joints of the antennae and the tibiae and tarsi fulvous; thorax sparingly punctured, the anterior and lateral margins, as well as a central short stripe, flavous; elytra finely punctured, flavous, an angular narrow band near the base, interrupted at the suture, and a broad transverse band near the apex black, the latter part more or less fulvous. Length 10 millim. Of broad and robust shape; the head black, finely rugose and closely pubescent, the vertex swollen ; eyes large, oblong, slightly emarginate at their lower portion; palpi fulvous ; antennae not extending to the base of the thorax, black, the basal five joints fulvous, second and third joints very short, the apical joints strongly transverse ; thorax twice as broad as long, narrowed anteriorly, the sides straight and oblique, the median lobe distinct, broad and truncate, the surface finely and sparingly punctured near the base, more strongly so at the sides, the base with a transverse, strongly punctured depression at the middle ; the disc black, very shining, a short central stripe dividing the black portion anteriorly, and the anterior and lateral margins very narrowly, pale flavous ; scutellum black, its apex truncate ; elytra finely punctured in irregular rows, which are nearly indistinct near the apex, flavous, a strongly angular band (which consists of two joined spots, of which one is placed on the shoulders, the other within the latter), near the suture but not extending to it, black; another very broad black band is placed below the middle across the elytra, including at the apex a transversely shaped fulvous or flavous spot; below densely clothed with silvery pubescence; the tibiae aud tarsi fulvous, the latter very broad in the male insect; last abdominal segment in the same sex emarginate at the middle, in the female provided with a deep oval fovea. Hab. Salisbury, Mashonaland (G. Marshall). |