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feri' tulM'iTulatis ; aiitice obsolete, postice distincte constrictus, cdiisjiicue reticulatus, 

 !Si:uti'lluiii paiu:u punctulatum, triaugiilare. Elytra densiter suLtilissimc pnnctulato- 

 rng'iilosa. Femora qiiatnor autiea grosse punctata, ])ostica suljtilius pnuL'tulata 

 et infra leviter miiltitubereulata. 



Long. •21) mm., elytr. 14, lat. 5. 



Greeu ; head, protliorax, and scnlcUuin liluisli uTecii and a little glossy ; 

 scape of antennae, femora, and hind til)ia(^ liliie, the remainder of antennae and 

 the four anterior tibiae black ; the latter, as well as all tarsi, ckithed with a 

 brownish yellow jiubescence. Upper surface with traces of a black ])ubesceuce ; 

 suture bordered with dense and short polden hairs ; under surface silvery grey. 

 Head covered with large circular and sliuhtly impressed punctures, and some- 

 what rugulose behind the antennary tubers ; median sulcus abbreviated in front 

 and obsolete on the vertex. Antennae reaching the apex of the elytra, tlie scape 

 coarsely rugose, with a strong acute cicatrix. Prothorax conspicuously and rather 

 regularly reticulated, a very little shorter than broad, sides dilated and rounded, the 

 tip of the dilated part almost forming a tubercle. Scutellum triangular, si)aringly 

 punctured, the apex acute iu one specimen, blunt in tlie other. Elytra very finely 

 puuctulate-rugulose. Process of the mesosteruum more raised than in South 

 African species {L. latipes, dispur, etc.). Four anterior femora coarsely iiunctiired ; 

 jMisterior ones finely pnnctulated and rough underneath, with many very short and 

 thin tubercles. 



H((lj. Kuiln (A. Mocqnerys, 1892). 



In two specimens from the same locality the four anterior legs are reddish, 

 with a tint of violelf blue. 



y. 



y. 



Eximia gen. nov. Typo : K. tricolor sp. nov. 



? . Antennae extending to the tip of the elytra, thick, not attenuated towards 

 the apex ; scape pyriform, notched at the base ; ci('atrix limited by a strong sharp 

 carina, which is produced into a tooth ; third joint much longer than the fourth ; 

 seventh to tenth joints rather short, triangular and acute at the apex ; prothorax 

 similar to that of Ithopdliziis Thorns., but with the sides dilated into a blunt 

 tubercle : anterior coxal cavities open liehind ; fifth abdominal segment narrow, 

 longer than broad, with the siih's parallel ; all femora clavate, tibiae not carinate. 



To be placed after IJtopu.s. 



'110. Eximia tricolor sp. nov. 

 (Ph IX., fig. l:!.,) 



5. /■;. aureo-viridis. Caput violaceo-nigrnm, fronte igneo-auraluni el nitidum, 

 utrin(|ue carinatuni, pauee pmictulatuiu, stdco mediano antice et i]osticc fortiter 

 abbreviato, vertiee medio impuiu-tatuiu, genis dense striatum. Prothorax latitudiue 

 lougitudini ae(piali, leviter biconstrictus, lateribns medio tuberculatus et antice 

 ]ilicatura sat magna laevi iustructus, pauee jainctulatus, igneo-auratus, ad marginem 

 anticnm ])laga lata postice rotnndata imrpnreo-violacea parum ignea notato. 

 Scutellum auratum, laeve, nitidum. Elytra viridia, pube brevissima nigra sjiarsim 

 vestita, sutura et margine basali et disci medio glabra, subtiliter rugose punctata, 

 rugis antice ad suturam sat grossis. Prostermim dciusiter transverse rugato- 

 striatum. Abdomen lateribns dense, medio sparsatim punctatuni. Femora violacea, 

 jjoslii^i, infra tenniter spinulosa, tibiae et tarsi nigr<!scentes. t'orpore infra argenteo- 

 pubescente. 



Long. P' mm., idvtr. lo, hit. -t'J. 



