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Show 1897.] PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA OF APRICA. 253 GYNANDROPHTHALMA NATALENSIS, n. sp. Elongate, narrow, black, the vertex with two small fulvous spots; thorax impunctate; elytra very strongly and semi-regularly punctured, fulvous, a spot below the middle, near the suture, black. Var. Elytra without spots. Length 2 lines. Of narrow, nearly cylindrical shape ; the head impunctate at the vertex, the latter with a small fulvous spot above the eyes, lower portion rugosely punctured, the middle with a distinct round fovea ; antennas scarcely extending to the base of the thorax, black, tbe second and third joints obscure fulvous; thorax more than twice as broad as long, the sides obliquely rounded, narrowed in front, the surface rather convex, entirely impunctate, shining black ; scutellum very broad, triangular, the apex slightly raised, the surface impunctate ; elytra very strongly punctured in closely-approached semi-regular rows, the sides with a more or less distinct narrow costa from the shoulder to the apex, a small black spot is placed near the suture below the middle ; underside and legs covered with greyish pubescence, black ; the first joint of the tarsi scarcely longer than the second. Hab. Natal. The narrow subcylindrical shape of this species, the colour of the head and thorax, and the two small fulvous spots on the vertex will help to distinguish it from any of its allies. I possess three specimens, two of which are without the elytral spots. GYNANDROPHTHALMA ATRIPENNIS, Lac Specimens were obtained by Mr. G. Marshall at Estcourt, Natal, which entirely agree with Lacordaire's description : a specimen in my collection is, however, of an entirely pale fulvous colour, but differs in no other way whatever ; it was likewise obtained at Natal. Lacordaire in his description gives the thorax as twice as long as broad, which of course should be reversed, it being evidently a misprint. GYNANDROPHTHALMA SEMINIGRA, Jac I have now found, unfortunately too late, that this species, described by me in the 'Entomologist,' 1891, is identical with Clgthra Intersecta, IUig. CRYPTOCEPHALUS LIVINGSTONI, n. sp. (Plate XVII. fig. 11.) Black ; thorax coarsely punctured, flavous, with a transverse black band; elytra strongly punctate-striate, the interstices finely wrinkled, flavous, two connected spots at the base, another below the middle, and the extreme margins black. Var. a. Thorax black, narrowly margined with flavous. Var. b. Thorax as in the type ; elytra with a single shoulder-spot only. Length 1|-1| line. |