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crebre punctulatum, vertice anguste violaceo marginatum ; mandi- 

 bulae nigrae, sub-validae ; prothorax longitudine duplo latior, apice ad 

 latera sinuatus, angulis anticis tuberculosis, prominulis, ante 

 medium lateraliter nonnihil ampliatus, prope basim sinuatus, 

 angulis posticis acutis, prominulis, crebre punctulatus, punctis in 

 disco sub-evanescentibus, totus carinatus, margine antica sub- 

 lata basique ipsa angustiore, violacea ; scutellum leve ; elytra 

 prothorace tertio latiora et duplo longiora, humeris valde elevatis, 

 impressione post humeral! fere nulla, pone humeros breviter sinuata, 

 apice conjunctirn rotundata, supra modice convexa, rugosula, punctis 

 irregularibus, baud profundis, ad latera antice magis distinctis sat 

 crebre obsita ; corpus subtus crebre punctulatum, breviter pubescens. 

 Long 8 mm. ; lat. 5 mm. 



This species is easily recognised owing to its colour. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Paarl, Malmesbury). E. M. Lightfoot. 



GEN. COLASPOSOMA, Casteln. 



COLASPOSOMA JUNODI. 



Chalybeum, nitidum, plagis vittisque cupreo fulgidis ornatum ; 

 lubro, antennarum articulis quatuor basalibus palpisque articulo 

 ultimo excepto runs ; caput crebre, sat profunde punctulatum. antice 

 depressum, in medio puncto distincto munitum, plagis duabus 

 triangulis cupreo-fulgidis notatum ; prothorax longitudine duplo 

 latior, latevibus ab apice pone medium sub-obliquis, deinde basi 

 rectis, crebre punctulatum, plaga lateral! cuprea superficiei maximam 

 partem occupante, ornatus ; scutellum impunctatum ; elytra antice 

 prothoracis basi nonnihil latiora, duplo longiora, humeris elevatis, 

 callosis, pone humeros nonnihil ampliata, apice conjunctim rotun- 

 data, supra convexa, crebre profundeque punctata, vitta discoidali 

 alteraque supra-marginali latis, procul apicern conjunctis, cupreo- 

 fulgidis in singulo ornatis ; corpus subtus crebre punctulatum sat 

 dense griseo pubescens, pedes sat dense pubescentes, femoribus 

 clavatis, anticis inermis. Long. 7 mm. ; lat. 5 mm. 



A very distinct species. 



Hob. Mozambique (Rikatla). H. Junod. 



