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sides of the prothorax and a triangular area on tiie disc smooth. From C. chrys- 

 aspis Bates it may be distinguished by its smaller size, its coloration, smd the 

 silvery grey pubescence of the under surface. 



Hab. Kuiln, Gaboon, and Ogowe R. (A. Mocijnerys). 



'•'1. Callichroma edentulum s]i. nov. 

 (PI. IX., tig. s.) 



J ? . C viride, parom caernlescens, capite et jirothorace paulo anratum. Caput 

 froute longitudinaliteret anticc jiaulo transverse strigulosuni : tuberibus autentiiferis 

 postice laevibus ; antennae nigrae, sciipo rugo.M), apice acute subdentato. I'rothorax 

 elongutus, lateril)as tuberculo sat obtuso laevi instructus. edeutatus, omuiuo regu- 

 lariter transverse striatus, disci medio singulis striis longitudiualibus. Scutellnm 

 punctatum, medio linea laevi. Elytra caerulescentia, lateraliter violacea, sntura ab 

 (juinto jiarte antica usijue ad aj)irem late sat s|)arsatim griseo-flavo-jmbescentia. 

 Prosternum minute ]iunctulatum, jiarum transverse rugulosum. Moris segmentum 

 sextum abdominale parmu rnfum, quiutum emargiuatum. Infra subtiliter albo- 

 sericaus. Pedes nigri, femoribus infra rngulose ])uiictatis. 



Long. 17i mm., elytr. W, hit. 3J. 



Head bluish green, transversely depressed and somewliat wrinkled behind the 

 ejiistome, the median sulcus ending at this groove ; the declivous part of the 

 front longitudinally striate, j)osterior side of the antennary tubers smooth. 

 Antennae black, scape rugosely jiunctured, with a rather produced and acute tooth 

 at the apex ; third joint longer than the fourth. Prothorax green, slightly tinged 

 with golden, somewhat shining like head and scutellum ; broadest behind the 

 middle, the basal constriction esjiecially strong ; sides swollen and smooth in 

 the middle, without a tooth ; upjierside with regular transverse ridges all over, 

 some of which — chiefly some of tlie posterior ones — are curved in the middle and 

 run idong the central line. Scutellum green, punctured, with a smooth middle 

 line. Elytra darker green, the sides broadly bordered witli violet, especially 

 towards the apex ; the suture rather broadly clothed with a tine thin yellowish 

 jiubescence, except at the basal fifth ; this pubescent area somewhat undulated 

 with many oblique and feeble impressions. Bo<ly beneath green, tinged with blue, 

 clothed with a short grey silvery pubescence, abdominal segments with some loug 

 hairs. Prosternum transversely rugose. Sixth abdominal segment of the male 

 short, rufous, fifth slightly emarginate. Legs black, femora beneath coarsely and 

 rugosely punctured ; hind tibiae with a loug carina, as the four anterior ones. 



llah. Knilu (A. Mocquerys, l»y2). 



Allied to V. episcopale Chevr. It may at once be distiuguisheil from C. 

 episcopate and its congeners by the form of the anteunal scape, and by peculiar 

 shape and wrinkling of the jirothonix. 



Cloniophorus <^ued. Type : CI. mechovi Qued. 



Antennae slender, surpassing the tip of the elytra in both sexes, scape short 

 and thick, toothed at the ajiex. Prothorax toothed at the -sides. All femora 

 strongly clavate, or hind femora less so, the latter longer than the abdomen ; four 

 anterior tibiae carinate ; anterior coxal cavities closed behind. 



