( 146) 



and faint grannies : meso- and metasternnm densely sranular ; abdomen pnnctnred, 

 its fifth seo:ment slightly emargiimte. Legs blackish brown ; the femora (save their 

 tip) rnfous ocbraceous. 

 Hob. Loanda(l ?). 



1>^. Hypoeschrus strig-osus abyssinicus snbs]). nov. 



H. gtriyoso Gyll. simillimus, sed dilutioi', protlioracis lateribus vix rotnndatis, 

 elytris leviter triearinatis, carina exteriore obsoleta, omnibus versus apicem obsoletis. 



Long. 14 mm., elytr. ID, lat. 3^. 



This form is paler tlian //. slrigosiia Gyll. : the raised lines of the elytra are 

 feeble, with the apical part obsolete ; the whole exterior line is obsolete, and entirely 

 wanting at the base. The third joint of the antennae is nearly twice as long as the 

 scape, the fourth and filth joints a little .shorter than the third. Prosternum with 

 transverse striae and some grannies. 



Hub. Abyssinia, Bahr-el-Abiad (Henglin). 



19. Paroeme semifemorata (Chevr.). 

 Knila, Ogowe, and Upper Congo. 



In the specimen from the Ui)per l^ongo l{. the black apical portion of tlie 

 femora is mnch less extended than in those from Knilu and Ogowe. 



20. Paroeme annulipes (Clievr.). 

 Ogowe. 



21. Xystrocera cyanella Chevr. 

 Knilu. One male and two females, wliicli are slightly different from the type 

 in the British Museum (Collection : the head, prothorax, and sides of tlie elytra 

 are purple violet, not blue as they are in the type specimen ; the jirothorax lias no 

 trace of a raised middle line. One of the two females has the underside more or less 

 pitchy brown, with the abdomen luteous. This form, which I do not consider to be 

 a distinct species, may be named 



Xystrocera cyanella ab. luteiventris nov. aberr. 



■-,;. Xystrocera minuta sp. nov. 



i ? . .V. viridis ; vertice, j)rothoracis margiue angnsto antico et disco, 

 elytrornm lateribus pedibnsciue violaceis. (,!apiit grannlatnm. Prothorax Uiteriiius 

 leviter rotuudatus, dense pnuctnlatus ; 6 disco spatio conliformi uitido sparsim 

 granulate ; ? disco sparsim granulato, granulis transverse dispositis, medio laevi. 

 Elytra grauulata. Prosternum grauulatum, antice regnlariter striatum. S abdo- 

 minis segmenti ultimi parte dorsali elongata rotnudata parnm sjiatuliformi. 



Long. 12 mm., elytr. 9, lat. 3. 



Green, somewhat shining. Head entirely granular, the vertex pnr])le violet. 

 Antennae black, the basal joints strongly granular. Elytra grannlar, tlie 

 grannies stronger at the base and suture, the sides and the whole ajie.v dark 

 violet : each elytron with two ncrvules. Scntellnm green, with minute grannies. 

 Under surface bluish' green, or green with a tint of olive. Legs blue or greenish 

 bine. 



S. Prosternum broader at the anterior margin than at the base, with the 

 sides nearly evenly rounded ; densely punctnlaled ; a broad discal area cordiforni 

 and granular, this an^a couuected in the middle line with a narrow and triangular 



