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(.•yliudrit'iil, not ciivcriug the p\ jridiiiiu, stmiigly ftiiil closi'ly ]iiuictnro(l ; iiygidiiiiu 

 and underside closely covered with wliitish sericeous luiirs, legs ratlier slender, 

 posterior tarsi widened, claws siuijjle. 



Hal). Knilu. 



I have given here a renewed description of this species founded on tlie specimens 

 before me, they agree very nearly with the description of the author, but the antennae 

 are much shorter than Lacordaire says. 



Gynaudrophthalma deyrollei sji. miv. 



Fnlvous, the apical joints of the antennae black, head and thorax very finely 

 ]mnctnred, elytra metallic blue finely semipnuctatc-striate. the apex fulvous. 



Length : male, 1 J line : female, 3 lines. 



Of narrow and elongate shape, the head finely [lunctured with a depression 

 between the eyes, the latter large, distinctly sinuate, the anterior edge of the 

 dypeus ([uadrately enuirginaie at the middle, the sides semicircularly concave, the 

 antennae only extending to the mid<lle of tlie thorax, black, the lower four joints 

 fnlvous ; thorax twice as broad as long, transversely convex, the sides rather 

 deflexed, the lateral margins rounded, the posterior margin very slightly produced 

 at the middle, I he surface very minutely and rather closely punctured, fulvous ; 

 scutellum raised, fulvous, its apex truncate ; elytra metallic blue, elongate, very 

 finely punctured in semiregular rows, the extreme a])ex fulvous ; undorsiile sparingly 

 pubescent, fnlvcjus. 



Hab. Rhobomp (Sierra Leone) (c(dl. Jacoby). 



There is a great difference in the size between the mide, and female insect, the 

 latter being nearly double the length and width, the elytral ])unctuation is also much 

 stronger in i\\G female and the interstices are very minutely punctured. Tlie present 

 species difters from G. kemicephala Lac. in the fulvous underside and finely 

 punctured thorax, and from G. terminata Lac. in the blue instead of black elytra, 

 their distinct punctuation and that of the thorax. I have received the specimens 

 from Mr. Dcyrolle. 



Gynaudrophthalma seminigra sp. nov. 



Black, jiubescent below, thorax strongly and remotely jiunctured, elytra strongly 

 and closely jiuncturcd, fnlviins, the posterior tliird and a spot before the mid'llc of 

 each elytron, black. 



Length 2| lines. 



Elongate and snbcylindrical, the liead black, finely pimcturcd at the vertex, 

 rugosely punctiitc between the eyes, labrnm obscure fnlvous, antennae extending 

 to the base of the thorax, black, the lower four joints fnlvous, the fifth and following 

 joints strongly transverse, much broader than long ; thorax nearly three times 

 broader than long, the sides nearly- straight, narrowed towards the front, the 

 posterior nuirgin slightly produced at the middle, the surface coarsely and irregu- 

 larly jiunctured, black, shining ; scutellum black, its ajiex rounded ; the base 

 with a few jmnctures ; elytra very strongly ;uhI closely punctiu-ed, the anterior 

 portion pale fulvous, with a black s])ot near the suture before the middle, the piis- 

 terior portion black, the two colours well separated, the anterior margin of the black 

 jiortion deejjiy concave ; underside and legs black, clothed with whitish jinbescenoe. 



Ilnh. Rhobomp (Sierra Leone) (coll. Jacoby). 



1 received a single si)ecimen of this distinctly nnirked species from Mr. Deyrollc. 



