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liigris, ad suturaiu ct juxta luimeriiis nitidis, coijlri'l i>siiuc' i;r(issc (iiiuchilis : prosteriio 

 transverse ruguloso ; corpora infra jjilis Inagis alliis, w\ iilidniucu sjia.r>is vcstito ; 

 pedibus nigro-cyaiicis, feinoribus cvam.Ms. 



Long, lo mm., clytr. '.ti, hit. 4. 



Head blue, with the front somewhat glossy and greenish ; front longitudinally 

 finely striate in the i/i'df, rugosely punctured in the /'I'/nila ; cheeks wrinkled. 

 Antennae almost black, with the scape blue and strongly rugose; in the ma/' 

 not quite twice so long as the body, in the j'cm'iJc extending only a little beyond tln' 

 tip of the elytra. Prothorax green, tinged with golden, with a large violet blui' 

 patch at the front margin ; striate anteriorly and in tli(> l)asal constriction ; the 

 latter is strong, whilst the anterior one is rather feeble, but conspicuous on the 

 upperside ; the whole of the disc covered with rugosities and fine granules, which 

 form irregular wrinkles. Elytra dark green, sides and apex broadly did) black, 

 suture and extreme base shining; densely reticulate-punctate, the punctures cir- 

 cular and deeply impressed ; disc a little elevated. Under surface green, tinged 

 with blue, clothed with long wlntish hairs, which are sparse on the abdomen. 

 Prosternum rugosely punctulated in the male, the punctured area extending to 

 the lower portions of the sides of the pronotuin, where it is sharply limited by 

 an ingraved line ; rugosely striate in the female. Legs black, thickened i)arts 

 of the femora violet blue. 



Ihih. Knilu (A. Mocquerys, ls92). Eight specimens. 



Similar to Illi. coluratus (^)ued., from which it may be distinginsheil by the 

 structure of the prothora.x and elytra. 



111. Rhopalizus nitens (Fabr.). Syn. : Rli. c/irrrolnii Thoms. 

 Loanda, Kuilu, (iaboon, Accra (W. Afr.). 



Eupoi'US i^erv. Type : E. tilraiujuhitns Serv. 

 Similar to lihopaUzus Thoms., but the antennae of the female are thickened 

 towards the apex, or at least not attenuated ; senpe slender, without sharp apical 

 tooth ; prothorax long, strongly biconstricted ; anterior coxal cavities dosed 

 behind ; four anterior tibiae earinate. 



112. Euporus strang'vilatus Serv. Syn. : rJiopaUzun tricolor Harold. 

 Kuilu, ( 'ongo. and Loanda. The specimens from Kuilu have a green protliorax, 

 whilst the prothorax is igneous in the s|)ecimcus from the Upper (and Lower ?) 

 Congo. 



11:1. Euporus sing^ularis sp. nov. 



S. E. aureo-viridis : elytris lateribus aulenuis pedibns pie cyanesceutibus ; 

 capite et prothorace igneis. Frons dense grosse punctata, utrini(ue carinata ; 

 prothorax fortiter bicoustrictus, medio rotundatus, disco sat deplanatus, irregulariter 

 grossissime punctatus, antice utrin(pic s])atio parvo laevi ; scutellnm elongatum, 

 acutum ; eljlra rugulose punctata, humeris laevibus ; sublus conspicue punctatus, 

 prosterno fortiter ruguloso. 



Long. 15 mm., elytr. '.), hit. 3. 



Larger than E. i(/nico/lis Pasc, from Natal, to which it is similar in colour; 

 the prothorax, however, has a ipiite different shape and structure. Puuc-tuation of 

 head and iirolhorax very strong; the latter strongly liii-onslricted,' with tlie sides 



