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Long. 14i mm., elytr. lu. lal. '^. 



Green, with the lieacl, prothorax, and abdomen rather shining. Head canaliculate, 

 with the front sparingly granulated, and the vertex coarsely punctuated, impressed 

 and smooth between the upper lobes of the eyes. Antennae black. Prothorax 

 constricted in front and posteriorly, as long as broad ; sides not rounded, with a 

 small round groove ; disc with a large and almost smooth shining area, which is 

 sharply limited, broadest and bilobed in front, biangular at its sides, and posteriorly 

 very narrowly dilated towards tlie base. Scutellum black, shining, sparingly 

 pnnctulated ; its apex rounded. Elytra rugosely granulated, the suture very 

 narrowly bordered with blackish blue. Prosternnm punctulated as the sides of 

 the prothorax ; the anterior jiart black, depressed, and transversely striate. 

 Metasternum and abdomen black. Dorsal part of the last segment of the abdomen 

 verj' deeply emarginate, bilobed. Legs very slender, especially the hind tibiae, 

 which are not broadened towards the tip : apex of the femora and tibiae and all 

 tarsi brownish black or black, the remainder of the legs rufons. 



Hab. Kuilu (A. Mocquerys, 1892). 



Easily distinguished from small males of .Y. l/feralU ( !hcvr. and from 

 X. simil/s sp. uov. by the sculpture of head and prothorax, by the shape of the last 

 segment of the abdomen, a,nd by the slender legs. 



27. Xystrocera laevis sp. uov. 



3. A', viridis, nitidns; capite prothoracequc jjaulo cyanescentibus,-metasterno 

 abdomineque nigris. Caput medio fortiter canaliculatum, fronte granulata, vertice 

 laevi, autennis nigris. Scutellum laeve ; elytra sat sparsim grannlato-punctata, 

 lateribus postice transverse rugulosis. Prosternnm deusiter ])unctnlatum, antice 

 nigrum et leviter striatum. Pedes uigri, coxae quatuor anticae, ut femorum omnium 

 medium, rufae. 



c?. Prothorax globosus, deusiter punctatus, disco impressioue lyriformi angusta, 

 lateribus impressionibus tribns ])unctiformibus, omnibus impressionibus nitidis, 

 j)aucis granulis iustructis. Pars dorsalis segmenti ultimi abdominalis elongato- 

 rotundata, emarginata. 



5 . Prothorax lateribus et disco inaequalis, laferaliter granulatus ; segmentum 

 ultimum abdominale apice emarginatum. 



Long. 2.5 mm., elytr. IT, lat. 6i. 



Green, feebly tinged with olive green and golden, shiuing. Head, prothorax, 

 and prosternnm bluish green in one mnlr. Head canaliculate, front densely 

 granulated, vertex smooth. Antennae black. Prothorax of the r$ globose, with 

 the disc somewhat depressed, densely punctulated ; a narrow, almost lyriform, 

 impression on the disc, two punctiform grooves in the middle of each side, and a 

 small lateral groove near the I'rout margin, shining and very sparsely granulated. 

 Prothorax of the ? shorter than broad, witli irregular impressions; disc flattened, 

 with a longitudinal tubercle at each side posteriorly; slightly transversely mgulose, 

 sides of the disc sparingly granulated, middle of the disc smooth. Scutellum with 

 a few punctures. Elytra rather sparingly grannlate-punctnlate, the punctures 

 denser at the suture and sides, the latter transversely rugulose posteriorly. Pro- 

 sternum densely jjuuctulated in the cT, transversely rugulose and sparingly granulated 

 in the j , its front margin black and striated in both sexes. Metasternum and 

 abdomen black, e.xtreuiely tiuely punctulated, and clothed with a grey pubescence 

 at the sides. Ley's black, with the four anterior coxae and the middle of all femora 



