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Show 532 MR. M. JACOBY O N T H E [May 18, and closely punctured and pubescent; elytra similarly punctured, with short white pubescence arranged in rows ; femora dentate. Length 11 line. Head closely punctured and clothed with whitish pubescence, aeneous or cupreous; labrum fulvous as well as the palpi; antennae fulvous, the eighth, ninth, and tenth joints fuscous or black, the seventh joint triangularly widened, the following three transverse, the apical joint pointed ; thorax subcylindrical, widened at the middle, the disc with a well-marked transverse depression anteriorly, the punctures closely placed and strongly marked, the interstices clothed with long whitish pubescence; scutellum pointed at the apex, densely pubescent; elytra wider at the base than the thorax, narrowed posteriorly, the shoulders prominent, the punctuation similar to that of the thorax and interrupted by rows of short whitish hairs through the entire length of the elytra : underside densely pubescent; legs fulvous, all the femora with a distinct tooth. Hab. Mashonaland (G. Marshall). Collection Brit. Mus. and m y own. This is one of the small species which may be known by the colour of the antennae in connection with the strong and close punctuation of the upper surface and the regularly arranged pubescence of the elytra. All the specimens before m e agree in the above particulars, but in one the thorax is of a reddish cupreous colour. PSEUDOCOLASPIS PEMORATA, Baly. Subquadrate-ovate, bright green, blue, or nearly black ; thorax closely rugose-punctate, strongly convex and narrowed in front; elytra subquadrate, with basal depression, very closely punctured and finely rugose, with single rows of very short, white hairs; all the femora with a long and acute spine. Var. a. Above metallic green or blue ; legs cupreous, apex of tibiae fulvous. Var. b. Obscure dark cupreous, scutellum aureous. Var. c. Nearly black, opaque as well as the legs. Length lg-2 lines. Head finely granulate and closely punctured, bright green as well as the labrum, the lower portion less closely punctate; antennae extending to the base of the thorax, the lower six joints fulvous, the basal one stained with metallic green above, the terminal five joints black, forming a club, each joint transversely thickened ; thorax subglobose, very convex, distinctly narrowed anteriorly, broader than long, very distinctly and closely punctured, the punctures slightly elongate and evenly distributed over the entire surface; scutellum broad, the apex pointed at the middle, the surface strongly punctured ; elytra much broader at the base than the thorax, pointed at the apex, the shoulders produced into an acute ridge, the space below the base with a distinct depression, the surface more strongly punctured than the thorax, the |
