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Show 206 MR. M. JACOBY ON PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA [Mar. 6, sulcate at the sides, nearly impunctate; elytra with deep basal depression, strongly punctate-striate anteriorly, more finely so posteriorly. Length 5 millim. Head not constricted behind, the vertex raised into two subdivided elevations, supraocular grooves deep; eyes deeply notched ; antennae extending to the middle of the elytra, black, the lower three or four joints fulvous, third and fourth joints equal, small, slightly longer than the second, terminal joints thickened but distinctly longer than broad ; thorax not longer than broad, the anterior portion widened, the sides deeply constricted, the constriction bounded above by a longitudinal ridge, basal sulcus deep, the surface impunctate with the exception of a few fine punctures at the middle, fulvous ; scutellum truncate at its apex; elytra with a short but rather deep depression near the suture below the hase, regularly, strongly, and rather closely punctate-striate, the punctures much finer towards the apex, the ninth row entire, the interstices at the sides and near the apex slightly costate; below and the legs fulvous; the tibiae, with the exception of the extreme base, and the tarsi black. Hab. Malvern, Natal (C. N Barker). Closely allied to L.fuscitarsis Jac, from the same locality, but the general coloration darker fulvous, the antennae less slender, the elytral depression much deeper, and the tibiae black; in a single specimen the first joint of the antennae is fulvous only. Mr. Barker has kindly sent m e four specimens of this species. CRIOCERIS MILITARIS, sp. n. Rufous, the antennae and legs paler; thorax strongly angulate at the sides, with rows of deep punctures and two large black spots at the disc; elytra deeply punctate-striate, flavous; the shoulders, suture anteriorly, the lateral margins, and a narrow transverse band below the middle, black. Length 6 millim. Head strongly constricted behind the eyes, the vertex strongly obliquely raised, rufous; the spaces in front of the eyes black, rugose-punctate, the lower portion of the face and the labrum paler; antennae stout and short, dark flavous, the second joint moniliform, the third and fourth thicker and slightly larger, equal, the rest transversely widened; thorax subcylindrical, widened anteriorly, the sides forming a strong angle at the middle, tbe disc with a short oblique row of punctures at the sides and two others at the middle of the anterior portion, rufous, the middle of the surface almost entirely occupied by a large black patch which is connected at the base but divided anteriorly by a short stripe of the rufous ground-colour, the base likewise remains of this colour iu shape of a narrow transverse band which has some deep depressions in front of the scutellum ; the latter small, flavous ; elytra strongly punctured at the anterior portion, the punctures very much finer posteriorly, the disc flavous: a spot on the humeral callus, another |