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his description likewise on specimens from Sierra Leone, and it is possilile that he 

 had only pale varieties before liira, as these as well as the one with black elytra 

 have both been obtained at Kuiln. Vogel, in his descriptions of African Ckryso- 

 melidae, qnotes also the present species and gives a Latin diagnosis, which does not 

 agree with the original one of Stiil, nor does the size which Vogel gives. I have 

 specimens before me with entirely fiilvons antennae, and others with fuscous terminal 

 joints which come from the same locality. 



Graptodera pyritosa Erichs. 



Narrow, elongate, below oliscure, above bright cnpreous or aeneous, thorax 

 smooth, very finely punctate, elytra very closely punctured, antennae and tarsi 

 black. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head impnnctate, the frontal elevations strongly raised, broad, the carina and 

 the clypeus in shape of acutely raised ridges, the lnbrum with a row of punctures, 

 antennae extending to the middle of the elytra, black, the basal joint obscure 

 aeneous, the third and fourth joints each one-half longer than the preceding one ; 

 thorax one half broader than long, the sides slightly rounded, very narrowly 

 margined, the anterior angles thickened but not produced, the surface convex, very 

 minutely punctured, the basal sidcus straight, extending to the sides ; scutellum 

 black ; elytra elongate, the shoulders somewhat prominent, strongly and closely 

 punctured, the punctures distinct to the apex ; underside black, femora more or less 

 cupreous, tarsi black, below piceous. 



Hab. Kuiln. 



I have given a more detailed description of this insect which I refer to 

 Erichson's species, as it seems to agree entirely with the otherwise totally insufficient 

 description of the author, short diagnosi of species of this or many other genera 

 equally difficult, are perfectly useless, and should in my opinion be ignored altogether, 

 if published at the present time when the numbers of species have so enormously 

 increased. 



Crepidodera varipes sp. uov. 



Narrowly elongate, black, above dark metallic greenish, antennae robust, 

 the basal joints fulvous, thorax nearly impunctate, with distinct basal sulcus, 

 el3i;ra finely punctate-striate, the interstices very minutely punctured, tibiae and 

 tarsi fidvons. 



Length 1 line. 



Head impunctate, broad, the frontal tubercles and the carina distinctly raised, 

 blackish, antennae robust in the male, thinner in the female, the lower four joints 

 more or less fulvous, the following ones black, stained with fulvous at the base, 

 third joint slightly longer than the fourth, four terminal joints shorter ; thorax 

 scarcely twice as broad as long, parallel, the sides very slightly rounded, the angles 

 not produced, the surface scarcely perceptibly punctured, with a distinct transverse 

 sulcus near the base, extending to the posterior angles and not bounded laterally by 

 a perpendicular groove ; scutellum small, black ; elytra narrowly parallel, with a 

 small and very obsolete dein-ession near the suture at the base, obscure greenish, 

 shining, finely punctate-striate, the punctures nearly obsolete near the apex, the 

 latter broadly rounded, the interstices extremely minutely punctured, only visible 



