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02. Cloniophorus aurifer s]i. nov. - 



(I'l. IX., fig. in.) 



c??. Very closejy allied to Gl. mechowi Qued, from which it ditfers in the 

 following characters : middle of the front without longitudinal wrinkles, vertex 

 entirely smooth in the middle, the discal impiinctate area of the prothora.\ extending 

 far beyond the middle, the golden sutural macula of the elytra much shorter than 

 in CI. mechowi, with its anterior margin nearly straight ; the four anterior femora 

 are rather coarsely granulated. 



Hah. Kuilu (A. Mocquerys, 18'.»2). 



93. Cloniophorus tricoloi' sp. nov. ' 

 (PL IX., fig. 9.) ., 



c? ? . CI. infra aureo-viridis ; capite, anteunis pedisque cyaneis ; prothorace 

 aurato-viridi, antice purpureo-violaceo-nitido ; elytris violaceis, plaga magna 

 siaturali \nridescente. Frous longitudinaliter irregulariter rngoso-striata ; vertex 

 laevis. Antennae articulo quarto tertio paulo lireviore. Prothorax paucis granulis 

 minutissimis, antice et postice striis transversis, lateribus dente minuto, instructus. 

 Scutellum impressum, fere laeve. Elytra densiter et sat grosse transverse ruguloso- 

 granulata, basi medio fere laevia. Prosternum deusiter subtiliter grauulatum ; 

 metasternum granulis irregulariter transversim dispositis instructum, abdomen 

 pance puuctulatum, S segmeutis quinto et sexto trnncatis, vix emarginatis, ? segmento 

 quinto truncato, tertio longitndine aequali. 



Long. 14 mm., elytr. 10, lat. 3i. 



Head greenish blue, passing into violet in some specimens ; front irregularly 

 longitudinally plicate ; middle of the vertex smooth, sides of the vertex with a 

 coarse punctuation. Antennae blue, tinged with violet, nearly lilack towards the 

 apex; 6 third joint as long as the fifth, longer than the fourth; ? third joint 

 longer than the others. Prothorax golden green, its front part lilue with a tint of 

 purple, shining; ti'ansversely striate in front, and also with some transverse wrinkles 

 close to the basal constriction ; disc with a very few granules, almost smooth ; 

 lateral teeth small. Scutellum green, impressed, slightly rugulose at the sides. 

 Elytra purple violet, with a broad sutural and ill-defined dark green area, extending 

 from behind the base to the middle ; very densely and rather coarsely transversely 

 pnnctulate-granulate, a basal space rather shining and with a few granules only. 

 Prostenmm of the mule transversely striate in front, the remainder finely and 

 densely punctulated ; the punctured area anteriorly extended to the midiUe of the 

 sides of the prothorax (in front of the lateral teeth), and sharply limited laterally ; 

 in the J't; male the prosternum is irregularly striate, and densely punctured only in 

 the centre. Mesosternum, sides and anterior portion of the metasternum finely 

 punctulated, the rest of the latter covered with sparse granules, which are arranged 

 in irregular transverse rows here and there. Abdomen shining, almost impunctate 

 in the middle, densely punctured at the sides. Sixth abdominal segment of the 

 male very small, its ventral part scarcely visible, fifth segment truncate, with a 

 faint emargination. In the J'e male the fifth segment is truncate and as long as the 

 third. Femora coarsely granulated, hind ones extending beyond the apex of the 

 elytra both in S and ?. Body beneath green, feebly tinged with gold; sides 

 clothed witli a fine whitish pubescence. 



