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(ircseut collection, several specimens from Kuilu which I refer to Karsch's species 

 are contained, tliey vary, however, in the strength of the punctuation and also in the 

 colour of the pubescence, in one, the latter is fulvous, in the other white, and the 

 clytral transverse band, caused by the absence of hairs at that place, is in no instance 

 widened at the suture or of tlie angular shape as given in the tigiu'e by Karsch ; in 

 the specimens before me, it is nearly straight and narrowed at the suture. In the 

 absence of more material I cannot say with certainty whetlier I have a variety or a 

 good species before me. 



Corynodes longicoUis sp. nov. 



Blue or green, snbopai|ne, the thorax rather long, finely punctured, with larger 

 jiunctures intermixed, elytra closely, strongly and rather irregularly punctured, the 

 interstices more or less aciculate, claws ajipendicidate. 



Length 5^ to 7 lines. 



Head very swollen sit the vertex, the latter finely and not closely punctured, 

 the lateral sulcation very deep and broad, clypeus separated by a deep transverse 

 groove, strongly and closely punctured, labrum metallic green, palpi piceous, 

 antennae not extending much beyond the base of the elytra, the last five joints 

 liroadly compressed and dilated, dark jrarplish, lower joints metallic green or blue ; 

 thorax subeylindrical, rather longer than broad, the sides perpendicularly deflexed, 

 straight at the lateral margin, the surface extremely finely and rather closely 

 punctured, with some larger punctures irregularly distributed ; scutellum with a few 

 very fine punctures ; elytra with closely approached irregular rows of rather strong- 

 punctures, the interstices more or less aciculate ; legs coarsely punctured, abdomen 

 finely punctate, clothed with whitish pubescence; prosternum nearly (luadrate, 

 coarsely punctured. 



Kuilu, and Old (.lalabar. 



This species, although closely allied to C. ci/nncim Fabr., seems to me to differ 

 in the distinctly more elongate thorax and the punctuation of the elytra which is 

 connected more or less by the aciculate interstices : the insect is also of a rather 

 opaque and not strongly metallic lustre. 



Lygaria Stiil. 

 I have to record here tor the first time the occurrence of several species of this 

 genus (originally described from Assam) in Africa. I cannot in any way separate 

 the African forms generically; they may at once be kmiwn by the closed anterior 

 coxal cavities and deeply bifid claws; the two species here described also agree very 

 nearly in shape and in colour with the Indian form, but differ in the sculpturing; 

 they may also easily be mistaken for a species of Ceralces from which the structure 

 of the claws will at once sejiarato them. 



Lygaria africana sp. nov. 



Convex, fulvous, the terminal five joints of the antennae and the legs black, 

 thorax finely and remotely punctured on the disc, strongly at the sides, elytra 

 closely and rather strongly punctured. 



Length 2| to :i lines. 



Head convex, sparingly, finely and remotely punctured except near the eyes 

 where the puncturing is close, antennae very widely separated, black, the lower 



