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Show 212 MR. M. JACOBY ON PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA [Mar. 6, punctate, fulvous; a spot on the shoulders, another near the scutellum, and a transverse curved band below the middle, black. Length 6 millim. Head black, sparingly punctured at the vertex, the space round the eyes rugosely punctate, the clypeus more strongly punctured : antennae not extending to the base of the thorax, black, the second and third joints more or less fulvous, the following joints of strongly transverse shape; thorax twice as broad as long, subcylindrical, the sides rounded, strongly and closely punctured, the disc more remotely so, fulvous; scutellum black ; elytra parallel, subcylindrical, distinctly lobed below the shoulders, not covering the pygidium, the punctuation like that of the thorax, closely placed in irregular rows, the shoulders with a small black spot, another larger one near the scutellum ; a broad, slightly curved band is placed below the middle, its upper margin being highly convex and its lower one concave; below and the pygidium densely covered with silvery pubescence ; legs fulvous, the femora blackish. Hab. Headlands, Mashonaland (67. Marshall). Allied to P. punctata Jac, but smaller, the elytra more strongly punctured and with a broad posterior band instead of two spots, the tibiae and tarsi fulvous, not black. PEPLOPTERA ANCHORALIS, sp. n. Black, closely pubescent below, anterior and lateral margins of the thorax fulvous, the latter very minutely punctured; elytra more strongly punctate-striate, fulvous, an elongate numeral stripe, and a sutural band from the middle downwards, connected with an elongate spot near the apex, black. Length 8 millim. Head black, closely punctured and rugose near the eyes, the latter very large ; antennae not extending to the base of the thorax, black, the lower four joints fulvous, basal joint black above, closely pubescent; thorax about one half broader than long, the anterior margin a third shorter than the basal one, the sides nearly straight, anterior and posterior angles distinct, the posterior margin roundly produced at the middle, the surface very finely aud somewhat closely punctured, with a distinct transverse groove near the median lobe, more strongly puuctured than the rest of the surface, the latter black, in shape of a broad transverse band, the anterior margin of which is deeply indented at the sides and at the middle, this band leaves the lateral and anterior margins of the flavous ground-colour; scutellum triangular, black; elytra with strongly produced lateral lobes, regularly and moderately strongly punctate-striate, fulvous, or flavous the suture from before the middle to the apex in shape of a medially narrowed band, an ovate spot near the apex touching this band, and a short slightly oblique elongate band on the shoulders, black; this latter band terminates exactly where the sutural band beo-ins; below and the legs black, closely covered with silky silvery pubescence • tarsi broad. |