BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 93 



D. Size small (long. 3-J- lines) littdensis^ Blackb. 



DD. Size much larger. 



E. Form widely oval tardus, Blackb. 



EE. Form narrow and very parallel r^imosics, Blackb. 



BB. Elytral sculpture not running in 



longitudinal rows variolaris, Pasc. 



A A. Prothorax densely strigose rugaticollis, Blackb. 



A. ALIENUS, sp.nov. 



Ovalis ; sat nitidus ; subtus niger supra totus viridi-?eneus 

 haud iridescens, antennis pedibusque plus minusve piceis vel 

 ferrugineis; capite crebre sat subtiliter punctulato; oculis 

 quam antennarum articuli basalis longitudine vix minus inter 

 se remotis ; sulcis ocularibus nullis ; antennis sat elongatis, 

 articulo 3° quam P^ 2"®que conjuncti vix longiori quam 4"® 

 5"®que parum breviori, articulo 8° quam 7"^ paullo breviori 

 (ceteris exempli typici carentibus) ; prothorace quam longiori 

 fere duplo (postice quam antice fere tribus partibus) latiori, 

 crebre obsolete punctulato, antice sat fortiter emarginato, a 

 basi (superne viso) antrorsum arcuatim angustato, basi media 

 sat anguste sublobata, angulis anticis sat productis minus 

 obtusis ; elytris sat seqiialiter striatis, striis fortiter punctu- 

 latis, puncturis in seriebus sat crebre positis a serierum 

 lateralium parte mediana antrorsum retrorsum et suturam 

 versus gradatim magis subtilibus, interstitiis sat convexis sat 

 crebre obsolete (vix perspicue) punctulatis ; prosterno medio 

 sat profunde sulcato ; metasterno medio subtiliter punctulato 

 et transversim rugato, episternis sat opacis vix punctulatis; 

 abdomine subtiliter punctulato et sat fortiter rugato; femori- 

 bus anticis antice leviter ])unctulatis ; tarsis subtus fulvo- 

 setosis, posticorum articulo basali quam apicalis vix longiori. 



[Long. 6, lat. 3|- lines. 



Much like A. uniformis, Blackb., but with very different elytral 



puncturation. The typical example appears to be a male; its 



