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Eulitopus Bates. Tyi)e : Litojius (jlabricollis Murray. 

 Antennae long ; scape not toothed ; front carinate at each side ; prothorax 

 biconstricted, sides without tubercle ; four anterior femora strongly clavate, posterior 

 ones slender, reaching beyond the tip of the elytra ; fir.st joint of the hind tarsi 

 much longer than the tliree remaining joints together, i ultimate abdominal 

 segment with the dorsal part very much enlarged, 



97. Eulitopus glabricollis (Murray). 

 Bopoto (Upper Congo) [and Gold Coast?]. Only 3 males. 



98. Eulitopus seminitidus Qued. 

 Knilu and Loanda. A large series. 



E. glabricoUii< and E. seminitidus may be easily distinguished inter alia by 

 the coloration of the elytra. In E. ylnhricollis the green colour of the sutural part 

 of the elytra is sharply separated from the violet blue of the lateral parts at the 

 discal nervule, whilst in E. seminitidus the dark green of the base and suture 

 gradually shades into the dark blue of the ape.x and lateral margins. 



fif». Eulitopus tenuis sji. nov. 



(??.£. cyaneo-viridis : capite, prothorace, antennis pedibusque cyaneis, 

 elytrorum apicibus et lateribns violaceis. C'ajiut fronte minute punctulatum ; pro- 

 thorax biconstrictus, sparsim puuctulatus, in coustrictione basali parum plicatus, 

 lateribns antice sat angustatus ; elytra subtilissime rugulosii, ; segmeuti se.xti 

 abdominalis maris pars dorsalis clougata, subcoiiica. 



Long. 24 mm., elytr. 16, lat. 3J. 



Head somewhat elongate, finely punctured ; prothorax broadest near the 

 posterior constriction, the sides moderately rounded, rather gradually narrowed 

 towards the front, not nearly so abruptly constricted anteriorly as in E. (jlabricMis 

 and E. seminitidus. In colour similar to E. seminitidus ; but the base of the 

 prothorax, the scutellum, and umler surface is nearly olive green, not golden green. 

 Most of the specimens are smaller than E. seminitidus, but the smallest of the 

 latter are not larger than the biggest of E. tenuis. The males of both s])ecies may 

 be differentiated by the shape of the enlarged dorsal j)art of the sixth abdominal 

 segment and the outline of tlie ])rothorax, the females by the colour and the 

 sha])e of tlie prothorax. 



Hub. Loanda (more than 3<) sjiccimens). 



loii. Eulitopus gi-acilis sji. nov. 



E. infra viridi-cyanens ; cai)ite, jjrothurace pedibustjue obscure cyaneis, elytris 

 pnrpureo-violacois, scutello viridi. Caput elougatnm, sparsatim minute jjunctatum. 

 Antennae corpore fere sesqui longiores, scapo cylindrico grosse punctato. Prothorax 

 sat pyriformis, pauce pnnctatus, ad basim panels striis transversis, nitidus. Scutellum 

 laevc. Elytra valde elougata, creberrime transverse rugoso-punctata ; singnlum 

 apice aeciuabiliter rotuudatnni. Femora qnatnor antica fortiter clavata, jwstica 

 elongata, sat gracilia. 



Long. 19 mm., elytr. 13, lat. 3. 



U])perside and leg.s dark blu<': elytra violet blue, tinged witli purple; antennae 

 and tarsi nearly black; scutellum green. Head shining, almost impuuctate ; anten- 

 narv tubers somewhat more densely ]innctnred; clieeks coarsely punctured beliind the 



