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Cuuialtei'a gen. nov. Type : C robusta sp. nov. 

 Allied to Mecos'ispis Thorns., bnt the scntelhun is short, the hind femora are 

 much shorter than in Mecosaspis. and all femora are strongly toothed. 



65. Cumaltera robusta sji. nov. 



?. ('. viridis, caerulesceus, antcimis pedibusque uigris, femoribus medio rnfis, 

 tarsis argenteo-pilosis. Frons fortiter impressa, inaeqiialis, vertex medio laevis, 

 posticp miunte pnni-tnlatns, sparsim nigro-velntinns. Prothorax fortiter bisnlcato- 

 constrictns, disco elevato, convexo, postice • latenilitor abrnpto, utrini)ne panim 

 nigro-velntiuo et minutissime deusissimo pnnctiilato; liuea media glabra uitida, 

 sparsim rngnloso-punctulata, antice impressa ; lateribns dente maguo acuto, ante 

 dentem pliwitnra valde obsoleta instructis, circum dentem glabris, laevibus ; con- 

 strictioiie autica laevi, postica irregulariter triplicata. Scntellum apice plicatnm, 

 linea media profimde imjiressa. Elytra humeris promiunlis, valde rotmidatis, 

 fortiter sed non dense transverse punctato-rugosa, singulum in basis medio, snb 

 hnmeros, ad sntnram post medinm s]iarsim nigro-velutinum et minutissime 

 pnuctnlatum. Sterna abdominisqne latera breviter argeuteo-pubescentia. 



Long. 44 mm., elytr. 31, lat. 12, 



Green, upper surface tinged with blue, under surface with a tint of golden 

 colonr. Front anteriorly rather deeply impressed ; without a transverse line behind the 

 epistome ; the longitudinal median groove not extending beyond the anterior margins 

 of the eyes; the punctuation rather sparse and hue, finest aud dense on the antennary 

 tubercles, except at their tip, which is nearly smooth. Vertex smooth in the middle, 

 finely punctured and pubescent posteriorly. Antennae black, reaching the middle 

 of the elytra. Prothorax strongly constricted in front and at the base ; the front 

 constriction smooth, the posterior one with three abbreviated carinae, one above in 

 the middle aud one at each side, nearly touching the first with the discal portion ; 

 the lateral teeth strong and acute, vrith an obsolete fold in front of them ; the 

 tubercles as well as the space surrounding them shining and smooth, with a very 

 few punctures only ; disc elevated, convex, extremely finely ])unctuated, and clothed 

 with a thin black velvety pubescence ; its median line glalirous, shining, and 

 impressed in front, with some obsolete wrinkles and punctures ; the hind margin 

 of the lUsc vertical at the sides before the basal constriction. Scntelhun triangular, 

 with a deej) longitudinal groove ; sides with some coarse punctures, apex ti-ansversely 

 wrinkled. Elytra anteriorly much broader than the base of the prothorax, narrowed 

 behind, transversely rugosely punctulated ; the shoulders jirorainent and rounded ; a 

 very narrow sutnral area, extending from before the middle to near the apex, tinged 

 with blue, very finely punctulated aud thinly clothed with a fine black pnbescence ; 

 each elytron has also a black pubescence and a minute punctuation in the middle 

 of the base and underneath thi; shoulders. Under surface minutely punctulated. 

 Prosternum violet in the middle, with some transverse wrinkles ; metasternum with 

 a few larger {)unctnres. Sterna aud sides of the abdomen clothed with a silvery 

 pubescence. Legs black, middle of the femora rufous, tarsi silvery white. 



Hah. (J(mgo (without exact locality). 



Synaptola Bates. Ty])e : <S. bi-evicornis Bates. 

 Allied U^ Mecusasijis Thorns. Antennae short in both sexes ; sides of prothorax 

 rounded or bluntly tubercled, not toothed ; scntellnm short ; elytra convex ; pro- 

 sternal process tubercled behind or evenly arched ; all femora strongly toothed. 



