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placed it with T. brnnnipennis, Macl., in the table of species at p. 

 356; this has only been done on account of the submarginal carina 

 near basal angle of prothorax, and not because I have thought 

 there is any close affinity between these species. In general 

 appearance it has a resemblance to a Lebiid of the genus Saro- 

 throcrepis or Ectroma. If the ground colour of the elytra be 

 considered piceous, then the base (widely), the margin and a 

 narrow fascia just above the apical declivity would be described 

 as testaceous; the dark-coloured parts of the elytra do not any- 

 where reach nearer the sides than the submarginal stria. 



Tachys buprestioides, n.sp. 



Robust, oval, convex. Head wide; prothorax transverse, wider 

 across base than apex : elytra ovate, six inner strise strongly 

 impi'essed on each elytron; lateral stria and marginal channel 

 strongly impressed, interstice between them convex. Bronzed 

 black, each elytron with an elongate macula behind shoulder and 

 a reniform macula on apical third testaceous, legs (excepting 

 coxye) testaceous, antennt« infuscate, vmder surface piceous, apical 

 segments of abdomen reddish. 



Head convex, finely shagreened, lightly bi-impressed; ch^peal 

 suture finely and distinctly marked ; eyes large, convex, not 

 globose. Maxillary palpi Avith penultimate joint elongate, thick, 

 incrassate, setose; apical joint very small. Prothorax transverse, 

 widest at anterior marginal puncture; sides strongly rounded on 

 anterior two-thirds, lightly narrowed posteriorly, straight before 

 base; anterior margin emarginate; anterior angles obtuse but 

 marked; basal angles rectangular; base truncate on each side, 

 roundly produced backwards in middle; border narrow, refle.xed; 

 median line very lightly impressed; a straight transverse line near 

 base, this line strongly impressed in middle; lateral basal impres- 

 sions short, placed at each side of rounded middle part of base. 

 Elytra wider than prothorax, convex; sides rounded; shoulders 

 rounded; striae simple, only first reaching apex, first, second and 

 fifth reaching base, second, third and fourth extending past 



posterior margin (between macula and suture) of ante-apical 

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