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06. Synaptola brevicornis Bates. 

 Sierra Leoue. 

 Three specimens are greenish l)lue tinged with jjurple, two entirely green. 



67. Synaptola brevis sp. nov. / 



J. iS. viridis, snbnitens, auteunis pedibusiiue nigris, corpore infra et tarsis piibe 

 argentea vestitis. Caput dense riignloso-punctatum, antennarnm tuberculis deusins 

 minntins punctatis. Prothorax tubercnlo laterali valde rotundato, sine deutis 

 vestigio, biconstrictns, constrietioue antica supra obsoleta, basali vi.\ plicata, 

 densiter Tiiinute ruguLiso-punctulatus ; linea disci media et impressione laterali 

 supra tubercnlum fere laevibns, nitidis. Scutellum rugatum, sparsissime punctatum, 

 medio laeve. Elytra omnino dense ruguloso-punetata, punctis ad basim parura 

 minntioribus. Processus prosterni aer|nabiliter arcuatus. Corpus infra minutissime 

 densiter punctulatum, singulis punctis grossis. 



Long. 25 mm., elytr. lii, lat. 6. 



Distinguished from the other species of this genus by its uniformly green 

 colour, which has only a very slight tint of blue, by its black antennae and legs, 

 the silvery pubescence of the tarsi and under surface, by the shape of the prothorax, 

 and the evenly rounded process of the prosternum. 



Hub. Sierra Leone (Dr. Clements) and Gold Coast. 



68. Synaptola minor sp. nov. 



(J. S. bri'fis forma et colore simillima, sed dilfert corpore minore, sparsius 

 punctato, proeessu prosternali postice uigro valde eonvexo, fere tuberculato. 



Long. 20 mm., elytr. 12, lat. 5. 



The punctuation of the prothorax, and of the base and sutiiral part of the 

 elytra sparser than in jS. breriti ; the scutellum smooth : abdominal segments 

 scarcely punctured in the middle ; prosternum convex, its process raised in the 

 middle line, convex posteriorly and nearly forming a tubercle. 



Hab. Gold Coast. 



69. Synaptola pubiventris sp. nov. / 

 (J. S. cyaneo-viridis, antenuis ]ieilibusque nigris, femoribus ijuatuor anticis 

 medio rubro-testaceis, tarsis posticis argenteo-pilosis. Prothorax bicoustrictus, 

 lateribus paucis punctis instructis, valde rotundato-dilatatus, sine tuberculo, dorso 

 leviter transverse rngulosus et punctatus, sparsim nigro-velutiuus ; linea mediana 

 vix glabra et laevi. Scutellum triangulare, antice punctulatum, basi medio laeve, 

 postice transverse rugosum. Elytra confertissime puuctulata, sparsim nigro-velutiiia. 

 Presternum transverse rugosum, postice tuberculo distincto timiido. Abdominis 

 segmenta postice emarginata. Infra pube longa griseo-lutea vestita. Femora fortiter 

 dentata, minute sparsim puuctulata. 

 Long. 24 mm., eMr. 15, lat. 6. 



Bluish green, with a tint of golden on the under surface. Head elongate ; 

 cheeks before the eyes, and the front puuctnlated ; forefront notched in the middle; 

 vertex transversely rngosely punctulated, with a very small and narrow smooth 

 space between the eyes, clothed with a thin black velvety ])nbesceu('e like the 

 prothorax and elytra. Antennae black, not (juite reaching the tij) of the elytra ; 

 third joint as long as the fourth and fifth together. Prothorax slightly constricted 

 in front, strongly at the base ; sides dilated and rounded, nearly impuuctate, without 



