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Show 240 MR. MARTIN JACOBY ON [Feb; 16, depression near the basal lobe; scutellum broad,the apex carinate; elytra not very strongly convex, very closely punctured, the extreme apex nearly impunctate ; underside black, finely pubescent; legs rather elongate, the first joint of tlxe tarsi as long as the following two joints together, the anterior femora more or less streaked with black above. Hah. Algoa Bay, Cape (Dr. Brauns). Of the two, apparently female specimens, kindly sent by Dr. Brauns, one has tlxe head black, tlxe other fulvous ; on account of the rather slender tarsi and shape of the thox-ax, Damia seems to be the most suitable genus for the reception of this species. DAMIA TRIFASCIATA, sp. n. (Plate XVII. fig. 9.) Flavous; head and thox-ax fulvous, nearly impunctate, the latter with a central black spot; elytra extremely finely punctured near- the suture, flavous, with a narrow transverse band at the base, another at tlxe middle, and a third near tlxe apex, black. Length 6 millim. Head extremely finely punctured, with a rather deep central fovea, fulvous; anterior margin of the epistome subquadrately and deeply emax-ginate; eyes large, oblong; antenna? flavous, tlxe fourth and following joints stx-ongly transversely widened; thorax transverse, tlxe sides but feebly depressed, rounded, anterior margin straight, basal lobe of the posterior margin very slightly produced ; the disc impunctate with the exception of some punctures near the base, fulvous, with a rather large central black patch ; scutellum fulvous, its apex truncate; elytra very minutely punctured in indistinct rows near the suture, the sides nearly impunctate, flavous, with three narrow transverse black bands, the first at the base, extending to the shoulders, the second at the middle, bx-oader and nearly regular in shape, and the third, of somewhat oblique direction and constx-icted at tlxe middle, near tlxe apex, the lateral margins ai-e likewise black and connect all tlxe bands ; uxxdex-side pale fulvous, finely pubescent; legs flavous, robust, the anterior pair x'ather elongate in the male; tarsi broad, the first joint shorter than the following two together. Hob. Beira, E. Africa (A. Sheppctrd). I received three specimens of this distinct species from Mr. Sheppard; in the pattern and coloration it much resembles certain African species of Monolepta. GYNANDROPHTIIALMA SALISBURIENSIS, sp. n. Subcylindrical, dark blue; sides of the breast closely pubescent; antennae and tarsi black ; head and thorax remotely punctured ; elytra with a few punctures at the suture and the sides only. Length 4 millim. Head with three depressions between the eyes of rather irregular shape, the vertex impunctate; clypeus transverse, nearly impunctate, its anterior margin concave; antenna? nearly extending to the base of the thorax, black, the second joint obscure |