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'53. Mecosaspis viridis sp. nov. 



? . ^^. viridis, snbtiis parnm aurata, protlioraee elytris(|uf! (fascia longitudinali 

 in disci medio exoepta) sparsatim nitiro-velutina. (!ai)nt fmiitis medio sparsissime 

 punctatnm, fere laeve, antennarnm tnbe.renlis densiter minute pnnetulatis ; antennae 

 nigrae, el)'trorum apicem fere attingentcs. Prothorax fortiter liiconstrictns ; disco 

 elevate piano, antice posticeqne verticaliter docli^n, minnte pnnctnlato, linea angnsta 

 media antice impressa laevi ; lateribus postice paulo transverse jilieatis, dente 

 laterali et spatio cirenmdentali laevibiTs ; constrictione ])ostica in medio nniplioata. 

 Scntellnra elongatnm, ranltiplicatnm. Elytra dense minute punctata. Processus 

 prosternalis fortiter tuberculatus. Metasternnm et abdomen jinuctis singulis grossis 

 instrncta, praeterea densiter minutissime punctulata. Pedes nigri, femora postica 

 ante apicem emarginata, abdominis apicem panlo superantia. 



Long. 3U mm., elytr. 20, lat. SJ. 



Differs from M. chrysoqaste.r Bates, its nearest allied spe('ies, chiefly in the 

 much finer punctuation of the liead, in the prothorax transversely ])licafe at the 

 sides posteriorly, and in the colour being of a much less golden tint. 



H(d), (!ongo (without exact locality). 



04. Mecosaspis rufipes sp. nov. 



?. M. cyauea, autennis j/edibusque rnfis, supra sparsissime nigro-pubeseens. 

 Caput tuberculis antenniferis verticeque dense minutissime, epistomate fortius sed 

 sparsius punctatnm. Antennae corpore quinta parte breviores. Prothorax lateribus 

 fortiter tuberculatus, tuberculo apice subrotundato ; disco subplanato, dense minu- 

 tissime punctnlato, postice lateraliter transverse irregulariter plicate, linea media 

 antice impressa postice fere laevi instrncto ; spatio circum tubercnlum laterale 

 sparsissime pnnctnlato fere laevi ; constrictione basali laevi. Sctitellum sat breve, 

 basi punctnlatum et transverse rngulosnm, <limidio a])icali transverse plicatum. 

 Elytra minute jumctulata ; punctis ad latera, ad basim juxta hnmeros, pone basim ad 

 saturam sat densis, in disco multo sparsioribns, lateribus praeterea tenuiter strigu- 

 losis. Sterna et abdominis latera subtiliter griseo-pubescentia ; segmentum quintum 

 abdominale snbtruncatum, angulis rotundatis. Processus jirosternalis jiostice con- 

 spicue tuberculatus. Femora cjuatuor autica clavata, ad ai)icem fortiter sinuata, 

 subdentata ; pedes postici densiter minute punctulati, fulvo-pubescentes, femoribns 

 elytrorum apicem non attingentibus, ad apicem \ax sinuatis, tarsis posticis griseo- 

 pubescentibus. 



Long. 29 mm., elytr. 18, lat. 7. 



Antennary tubercles, vertex, prothorax, and elytra (save a longitudinal discal 

 area) clothed with a rather sparse black velvety pubescence. Legs rnfons, tip of 

 the femora, and the tarsi for the most part rnfous brown. Antennae clothed with 

 a fulvous pubescence wliich passes into a blackisji colour viewed from difterent 

 sides. 



Hah. Gold (!oast. 



Its nearest allied species is M.atripennia (Hope), from which it is distinguished 

 — besides colour and pubescence — by the strong but blnnt latera! tubercle of the 

 prothorax, the sliorter mandibles, shorter elytra, and shorter hind femora. 



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