( 1S8 ) 



sides of the prothorax dilated, not toothed ; elytra rather broad and flattened : 

 anterior coxal canties closed behind ; femora not clavate, hind ones mnch shorter 

 than the abdomen ; tibiae without a sharp keel at the outside. 



^4- Eugoa dalmanni Fahrs. 

 Delagoa Bay. 



Omoptycha Qiied. Type : 0. falkensteini Qned. 

 Similar to E'/yoa, but the autenuary scape is toothed, and the anterior coxal 

 cavities are open behind. Male with the dorsal part of the sixth abdominal 

 segment conspicuous. 



r\n. Omoptycha clementsi sp. nov. ^ 

 (PI. IX., tig. o.j 



? . 0. nigro-cyanea. (.'apnt ochracenm ; vertex uiger ; antennae ferrugineae, 

 versus apicem parum brunnesceutes, sca{)0 lenter arcaato, apice fortiter deutato, 

 elytrornm apicem snperantes. Mandibnlae externe excavatae. Prothorax lateribus 

 fortiter rotundato-dilatatns, niger, maculis tribns oohraceis, diiabus ad latera, nna 

 parva media ante liasim sita, disco tritnberculato. Scntellum nigrum. Elytra 

 cyanea, macula snbhumerali ochracea, minute deusiter crenulato-pnnctata, singnlum 

 obsolete tricostatnm, costis postice abbreviatis. Sterna ferruginea, plagis nigris 

 notata, pnbe laete aurea vestita ; abdomen uitidum, segmentorum apicibns pilis 

 bruuueis. Pedes flavo-ochracei. Partes nigrae et cyaneae pube nigra, partes 

 ochraeeae pube flava vestitae. 



Long. 44 mm., elytr. 33, lat. 1 1 i. 



Head ocbraceous, vertex and tip of maudibles black. Mandibles stroiisrlv 

 excavated exteriorly, the base of the inner edge strongly depressed. Antennae 

 ochraceous, becoming brownish towards the apex, extending beyond the tip of the 

 elytra ; the scape finely punctuated and slightly iircuafo, iialf as long as the third 

 joint and about equal in length with the fourth. Prothorax black, constricted 

 anteriorly and at the base : its front margin, as well as that of the prosternum, 

 fringed with short yellow hairs ; tlie sides strongly dilated, the dilated part rounded 

 and liearing an ochraceous macula ; disc with the anterior constriction deep and 

 hroad, and with three slightly raised nodosities, one at each sifle broad, and one 

 in front of the scntellnm smaller, the latter rnt'ous. Scntellum black, narrow, and 

 triangular. Elytra densely and finely shagreened, cyaneous, with an ochraceous 

 marginal spot underneath tlie shoulders ; the sides parallel ; each apex obliquely 

 rounded : tlie slioulders are prominent, and their tips rounded ; each elytron with 

 three slightly raised broad stripes, abbreviated much before the apex, the inter- 

 mediate the longest, the sutural the shortest. Prosternum black, with a large 

 transverse ochi'aceons patch in front of the coxae. Mesosterntim almost ochraceous, 

 whilst the metasternum is ochraceous with a broiid black band anteriorly, its 

 e])iplenra and hind margin bordered with black. Abdomen cyaneous, glossy 

 with few punctures, chiefly near tlic apical margin of the segments, these punctures 

 giving origin to brown hairs ; the fifth (last) segment mnch narrower than the 

 fourth, its apex rounded. Legs pale ochraceous. The black and blue jiarts of the 

 body — except the abdomen - are clothed with a black and short velvety pubescence ; 

 the velvety pubescence of tlie ochraceous maculae is of a rich srolden colour. 



fhih. Sierra Ijcnne (\)t. Clements). 



