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Hab. Kniln (A. Mocquerys, 1892), Gold Coast, Accra (W. Afr.). 



Two specimeus, one labelled "Gold (Joast" and the other "Accra," both females, 

 are dark bine ; that from Accra has the head and prothorax strongly tin^red with 

 fiery pnrple. 



Allied to A'. irititUiia (jned., the male of which is not yet known. 



25. Xystrocera similis ^<p. uov. 

 cJ. A', aureo-viridis, nitida. Capnt grannlatum, verti(;e medio laevi impress© ; 

 antennae uigrae ; prothorax lateribus panlo rotnndatns, densissime pnnctnlatns, 

 disco antice et lateraliter granulate, medio laevi. Scntellmn breve, grannlosnm. 

 Elytra lateribus et basi iioue scutellnm minute et dense, disco grosse et sparsins 

 granulata. Prosternnm transverse depressnm, minute punctulatnm, antice strio- 

 latnm. Metasternnm et abdomen nigra, segmenti ultimi abdominalis parte dorsali 

 elougata, apice snbrotundata. Pedes nigri, femora medio rnfa, tibiae posticae rufo- 

 piceae. 



Long, loj mm., elytr. 11, hit. 'A\. 



Golden green, shining. Head granulated, with the middle of the vertex 

 impressed and smooth. Antennae black, somewhat pitchy. Prothorax as long 

 as broad, very densely pnnctulated at the sides ; this pnnctulated part of the 

 prothorax extends in the front constriction towards the disc, where the pnnctulated 

 area is rounded and sharply limited ; the disc and a narrow space at the anterior 

 margin sparingly granulated ; the middle of the disc entirely smooth, with a small 

 impression in front of the scntellnm : the sides are slightly rounded, with a 

 pnnctiform impression in the middle. Scutellnm grannlated, sliort and broad. 

 Elyti'a dark green behind the scntellnm and at the sides ; these parts finely and 

 densely graniilated ; disc much more strongly and sparsely grannlar, with a raised 

 line ; apex almost smooth at the suture. Prosternnm finely pnnctulated , with its 

 anterior black portion regularly striate ; transversely impressed, this imjircssion 

 narrowly dilated behind in the middle. Dorsal jiart of the ultimate segment of 

 the abdomen elongate and subtruncate, with the angles strongly rounded. Legs 

 black, feebly tinged with brown ; middle of the femora rnfons, hind tibiae brownish 

 pitchy. 



Female unknown. 



Hah. Kuiln (A. Mocquerys, 1892). 



Resembles small specimens of X. lateralis ('hevr. ; Ijut the pnnctulated area 

 at each side of the jirothoras extends not so far towards the middh? line of tlie disc, 

 and therefore both snbdiscal areae, approximated in X. lateralis Chevr., are rather 

 broadly separated in A", similis sp. uov. Moreover, the scutellum is shorter and 

 broader, the granules of the elytra are sparser, and the prosternnm has the above- 

 mentioued impression which is wanting in X laternlis Chevr. 



26. Xystrocera emarginata sp. nov. 

 S. X. viridis, subnitida. Frons granulata, vertex grosse punctnlatus, medio 

 impressione laevi instrnctus. Antennae uigrae. Prothorax deusiter puuctulatus, 

 lateribus impressione punctiformi, disco spatio uitido fere laevi antice bilobo. 

 Scutellum nigrum, punctulatimi, apice rotnndato. Elytra rngoso-granulata, sutnra 

 angnstissime uigrescente. Prosternnm densiter punctulatnm, antice nigrum, 

 depressnm, striatum. Abdominis segmenti ultimi jiars dorsalis profunde 

 emarginata. Pedes rufo-testacei . femorum tibiarumque apices nigri, tarsi piceo- 

 nigri. 



