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Show 242 MR. M. JACOBY ON THE [Feb. 2, small tubercle at the anterior angles ; the surface flavous. strongly punctured at the middle, with two foveas placed anteriorly near the middle, and another more transverse one at each side, the basal sulcus deep, the anterior margin sometimes with a small black spot at the middle ; scutellum black, its apex truncate; elytra not depressed below the base or scarcely so, with regular rows of moderately strong punctures, which get much finer towards the apex, where they are slightly elongate in shape, the ninth row entire, the margins narrowly, the suture more broadly bluish black; underside black ; the abdomen more or less fulvous ; legs flavous, the tarsi black. Hah. Natal, Estcourt, 4000 ft. ( G. Marshall). Allied to L. aperta, Lac, in coloration, but quite distinct on account of the lateral and central thoracic foveas; in the variety, of wdiich several specimens are before me, there is no trace of any elytral blue bands, but in other respects these specimens agree in everything. Mr. Marshall found this species under bark of trees. LEMA CONSOBRINA, n. sp. Black, thorax impunctate, bifoveolate; elytra metallic blue, strongly punctate-striate, depressed below the base; posterior femora at the lower portion fulvous. Length 2 lines. Head impunctate, black, the space between the eyes with two strongly raised elongate tubercles; eyes deeply emarginate; antennas extending to the middle of the elytra, black, pubescent, the third and fourth joint elongate, the fifth the longest, terminal joints longer than broad ; thorax one half broader than long, the sides obliquely diverging outwards from the sulcation, the anterior angles rather acute, the disc impunctate, black, with a deep transverse subbasal sulcus and two small foveas anteriorly at the sides ; scutellum truncate at its apex ; elytra distinctly depressed below the base, metallic blue; the punctures regular and rather deep, extending to the base and apex, the ninth row entire, the interstices flat and impunctate, except near the extreme apex ; underside and legs black, the posterior femora, their apex excepted, fulvous. Hab. Mashonaland (G. Marshall). Closely allied to L. affinis, Clark, and L. rufo-femorata, CI.; but differing from the former in the sculpture of the head and in the black abdomen, also in its smaller size, and from the latter in the black, not blue, colour, the bifoveolate thorax, and smooth, not rugose, elytral interstices. Two specimens are before me. CRIOCERIS CYLINDRICOLLIS, n. sp. Obscure fulvous; the antennas, tibiae, and tarsi black; thorax subcylindrical, with two rowrs of punctures; elytra pale fulvous, regularly and deeply punctured, the interstices convex at the apex. |