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105. Oxyprosopus myrtaceus sp. nov. 



i. 0. viridi-cyaneus: ahtcuiiis jiedilmsciue violaceis; snpra aeqnabiliter sat dense 

 iiigro-velutinus, infra argcnteo-sericaus, valde elongatns, fere cylindricns. Caput 

 elongattim, froute pmictatum, tuberiVms antenuiferis densiter minntc pnnctatnm. 

 Prothovax latitudine pariim longior, laterilms tnmido tuberculo distincto ; disco 

 postice iitrinnuc sut dilatato, convpxo. minute ruguloso-jmnctatn. Scutcllum rotnii- 

 dato-triangulare. Elytra subtilissime punctnlata. Tarsi quatuor antiei infra 

 flavescente-grisei, postice infra argentei. 



Long. 27 mm., elytr. 20, lat. ii. 



Dark green, tinged witli blue : the whole of tlie U])]H>r surface clothed with a 

 moderately dense black velvety pubescence, not concealing the sculpture. Front 

 of the head and mandibles elongate : upper lip blue, punctured, and some- 

 what truncate anteriorly, rounded at the sides ; cheek.s and forefront rugosely 

 punctuated, centre of the front less punctured ; punctuation of the antennary tubers 

 very fine and dense. Antennae dark blue, not reaching the ti]) of the elytra ; scape 

 finely punctured. Protliorax longer than broad, finely pnnctulate-rngose all over, 

 except a narrow smooth space above the lateral tubercle ; anterior constriction 

 slight and, especially on the disc, broad and flat, basal constriction stronger ; sides 

 in front of and close to the lateral tubercle somewhat sinuate; disc elevated and 

 dilated posteriorly. Scntellum triangular, sides and apex feebly but visibly rounded. 

 Elytra elongate, almost cylindrical, very finely ruguloso-punctnlate. Under 

 surface clothed with a fine silvery pubescence, mi.xed with longer erect black 

 hairs ; the sculpture almost concealed by the pubescence, except on the prosternum, 

 which shows some obsoletf^ transverse wrinkles in front. Sixth segment of the 

 abdomen (Jj with the dorsal part rounded at the ai)ex, the ventral part very 

 short, fifth segment slightly eraarginate. Legs dark blue ; under surface of the four 

 anterior tarsi yellowish grey, that of tln' hind tarsi more >ilvery. 



Hab. Loauda. - 



106. iOxjrprosopus.glab'er sp. nov. 



? . 0. auroo-viridis, minute caerulescens, uitidus ; antennis pedibnsque nigris ; 

 femoribus medio rufo-testaceis. L'ajiut antice transverse rugatum, punctatnm, 

 vertice medio lacve. Autennarum scapus rugoso-punctatus. Prothorax lateribus 

 dilatatus, valido tuberculo tumido et ante tuberculum plicatura transversa instructus, 

 biconstrictus, lateraliter fere impnnctatus, disco sparsim punctatus et sparsim leviter 

 rugatus, medio laevis. Scntellum triangulare, pauce punctatum. Elytra elongata, 

 lateribus antice fere parallela, postice sat valde angustata, apicibus singulis parum 

 acumiuatis, vix subrotundatis ; minute sat sparsim rugulosa et punctnlata, disco 

 leviter binervata. Infra niinnte pnuctulatus ; tarsi griseo-sericantes. 



Long. 27 mm., elytr. 21), lat. 6^. 



Green, shining, somewhat golden, and here and there tinged with blue. Upper- 

 side glabrous ; under surface with traces of a short grey pubescence at the sides. 

 Head punctnlated, strongly rugose on the forefront ; antennary tubers convex 

 anteriorly ; middle of the vertex smooth. Antennae five-sixths as long as the body, 

 black ; scape scarcely toothed at the apex, rugosely punctuated ; third joint as long 

 as tlie fourth and fifth together. Prothorax biconstricted, basal constriction with 

 some wrinkles; sides nearly impunctate, dilated, bearing a strong and blunt tubercle 

 and a broad and slightly elevated fold in front of the tubercle ; disc sparingly 



