( 172 ) 



Hab. Kuiln (A. Mocqnerys, 1892) and Loanda. 



In the specimens from Loanda the bine discal portion ot',the prothorax has 

 some sliglit rngosities. / 



94. Cloniophorus plicatus sp. uov. / 



6 ? . CI. aureo-viridis ; iaj)ite, protlioracis mar-jine anrico, elvtrorum lateribus 

 et apicibiis, pedibnsqne cyaneis. Frons autice sparsatim punctata, medio striis singulis 

 postice convergentibus ; vertex fere regnlariter transverse striatus, medio sat laevis. 

 Prothorax transverse striatus, spatio autico violaceo laevis, lateribus ante dentem 

 plioatnra sat magna instructus. Scutellum impressum, singulatim punctatnm. 

 Elytra jnxta sutnram sparsini subtiliter nigro-velntina, densissme pnnttnlato- 

 granulosa. Prosternnm transverse striatum ; metasternum dense punctatum, 

 lateraliter posticeque transverse plicatum ; abdominis segmentum primum dense 

 iniiictatum, jiraeterea lateraliter transverse strigulosuni, caetera segmenta sparsius 

 punctata, maris quintum profunde. sextnm levins emargiiiatum, sexti parte dorsali 

 elongato-rotnndata ; feminae segmentum quintum ai)ice rotuudatnm, medio minute 

 incessum. Femora postica abdominis apicem panlo superantia. 



Long. 20 mm., elytr. 13J, lat. 4i. 



Head bine, sparingly punctured in front, witli fine frontal longitudinal wrinkles 

 which are convergent posteriorly ; neck and vertex transversely striate, middle of 

 the latter with a smooth sirea. Antennae bluish, gradually becoming black towards 

 the tip ; base of the scape almost imi)uuctate. Prothorax golden green, regularly 

 transversely striate, the anterior jjortion blue and smootii ; the fold in front of the 

 lateral tooth rather strong. Scutelhim golden green, almost smooth, impressed as in 

 the otlier sjiecies of this genus. Elytra thirk green, faintly tinged with golden, apical 

 jnut blue, sides bordered witii libic : clothed with a thin black velvety pubescence 

 near the suture ; the latter itself glabrous. Body beneath golden green, with the 

 front margin of the prostenuun black, and the ti]) of the abdomen bluish green. 

 Prosternnm transversely rugose, metasternum rather densely punctuated, with some 

 wrinkles laterally in front of tlie ])ostei'ior coxae. First abdominal segment closely 

 punctured, and also wrinkled at the sides ; the remainder of the jibdomeu sparingly 

 jmnctured. Fifth segment of the mole deej)ly emargiuate, sixth slightly emarginate, 

 with the dor.sal part elongate and I'ounded ; fiftii segment of the female rounded at 

 the apex, with a narrow emargiuatiou. I^egs blue', tip of the four anterior tibiae and 

 the tarsi clothed with a brownish yellow ])id)escence. Pubescence of the sterna thin 

 and yellowish grey. Kind femora extending only a little ijeyoud the tiji of the elytra. 



//'//'. Kuihi (A. Mocquerys, 1892). 



95. Cloniophonis curvatoplicatus sp. nov. 



? . CT. sujjra purpnreo-caeruknis, intra viridi-eyaneus, pedibus cyaneis. ( 'aput 

 antice sparsim pnnctnlatum, inter oculos longitndinaliter rngosum, genis et vertice 

 pone ocnlos grosse punctatum, vertice medio laeve. Antennae versus apicem nigrae, 

 scapo brevi, fortiter rngato, apice dentato, basi profiinde impresso. Prothorax auratus, 

 longitudine hititudini aequali, lateribus subrotundato-dilatatus, medio tnberculatiis, 

 irregularitcr transverse plicatus, rngis plus minusve curvatis, posterioribus in disci 

 medio versus anticum ascendentibns. Scutellum laeve, viridescens. Elytra area 

 sntnrali elongata versus posticum attenuata viridana, basi medio sat sitarsim jnuic- 

 tata, dein creberrinie transverse rugulosa, ad a))icem jmnctulata. Infra griseo-albo- 

 sericans, prosternnm transverse rngulosum, femora subclavata, rugata. 



Long. \h\ mm., elytr. lui, lat. Z\. 



