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Show 1897.] PHYTOPHAGOUS C O L E O P T E R A O P APRICA. 563 Hah. Mashonaland (67. Marshall). British Museum and my collection. Of more subcylindrical and pointed shape than C. antennata, the antennae and legs of different colour, the terminal joints of the former more strongly thickened, the head and thorax still more closely punctured, and the elytral punctuation less regular. CH^ETOCNEMA MASHONANA, n. sp. Dark asneous, the basal four joiuts of the antennae and the tibiae and tarsi fulvous ; head sparingly punctured ; thorax finely and closely punctate ; elytra strongly punctate-striate, the interstices longitudinally convex, minutely granulate. Length 1-1$ line. Head broad, with a few distinct punctures near the eyes at the vertex, the sides with a deep oblique groove; frontal elevations absent; clypeus ending in a broad point between the antennae, with a few coarse punctures at each side, the sides below the eyes also strongly punctured and pubescent; antennae extending beyond the middle of the elytra, shorter in the female, slender, the lower four joints fulvous, the rest dark, the base of each joint pale, basal joint long and slender, second also proportionately long, slightly shorter than the third joint, the following joints nearly equal; thorax rather more than twice as broad as long, the sides straight and slightly narrowed in front, the anterior angles thickened, the basal margin accompanied by an impressed line and with a very obsolete, little, oblique groove at each side, often scarcely visible, the surface minutely granulate, finely and closely punctured, with a row of stronger punctures accompanying the basal margin ; scutellum broader than long ; elytra rather elongate, pointed posteriorly, strongly and regularly punctate-striate, the subsutural row likewise regular, the interstices convex throughout and minutely granulate: underside piceous or nearly black; posterior femora very strongly incrassate, aeneous ; tibiae robust, fulvous, the posterior four wdth a distinct tooth. Hah. Mashonaland (67. Marshall). Collection British Museum and m y own. Much smaller than C. natalensis, Baly, and without frontal tubercles or carina ; the clypeus also smooth except at the sides, the thorax with finely granulate interstices, not smooth and shining as in that species, and the elytra with convex interspaces. C. wollastonl, Baly, has a strongly-punctured head and rounded sides of the thorax, besides differing in other details. NEODERA FULVA, n. sp. Fulvous, the apical four joints of the antennae black ; thorax impunctate, with deep basal sulcus ; elytra with the basal portion raised, entirely impunctate. Length 2-2\ lines. Of elongate parallel shape, the head impunctate, frontal tubercles and carina small and thick ; antennae extending nearly |