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Show 528 MR. M. JACOBY ON THE [May 18, rounded, the surface impressed with deep, round punctures, remotely placed, rather larger at the sides than at the disc, metallic greenish aeneous ; scutellum of the same colour, its apex rounded; elytra subcylindrical, not depressed below the base, pale fulvous, with closely approached rows of fine punctures, which are nearly indistinct at the apex ; underside nearly glabrous, greenish aeneous; the flanks of the thorax deeply punctured, the rest nearly impunctate ; abdomen and legs fulvous; the anterior margin of the thoracic episternum concave, furnished with a distinct fringe of hairs. Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury (G. Marshall). LEFEVREA PUNCTICOLLIS, n. sp. Below bluish-black, above metallic dark green, the basal joints of the antennae and the anterior tibiae fulvous ; thorax very closely and finely punctured; elytra very closely punctate-striate, the interstices sparingly punctured. Length 1^ line. Head broad, closely punctured, especially so at the lower portion ; the clypeus not separated from the face, its anterior margin nearly straight; antennae filiform, black, the lower four joints fulvous, all the joints, wdth the exception of the basal two, slender and of nearly equal length ; thorax nearly twice as broad as long, of equal width, the sides very strongly rounded and widened at the middle, the disc very closely, evenly, and finely punctured; scutellum with the apex rather rounded, with a few punctures; elytra parallel, dark green, not very shining, more strongly punctured than the thorax (at the base), the punctures arranged in closely approached rows, which are, however, less well-defined at tbe base than posteriorly, where they are more separated and finer, the interstices likewise very minutely and sparingly punctate; legs piceous, the anterior tibiae fulvous, all tbe tibiae armed with a small spine, claws appendiculate; prosternum narrow and elongate ; the anterior margin of the thoracic episternum concave, furnished with a fringe of hairs. Hah. Mashonaland (67. Marshall). British Museum and my collection. The thorax in this species is more than usually widened at the sides, and the punctuation is extremely close and fine; the antennae have more elongate terminal joints than in L. cenelcolle. LEFEVREA FULYIPES, n. sp. Dark greenish, the basal five joints of the antennae and the legs fulvous ; thorax strongly and closely punctured; elytra finely punctate-striate ; underside blackish. Length 11 line. Head rather closely and distinctly punctured, greenish, the labrum fulvous; clypeus not separated from the face; antennae extending to the middle of the elytra, the lower five joints fulvous, |