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and I'ouuileil , linely punctured in distant rows, the interstices 

 rather closely and nearly as strongly punctured, Havous, tiic 

 suture, the sides and the apex piceous, the dark lateral portion 

 nearly impunctate, underside and legs nearly ]>lack, prosternum 

 strongly transverse, mesosternuni not visible, nietasternum l)road, 

 its •d\)ex broadly rounded, strongly punctured, tibiae somewhat 

 prismatic, triangularly depressed, carinate , the posterior ones 

 mucronate , the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as tlie 

 following two joints, the anterior coxal cavities 0})en. 



Hab. Si-Rambe. A single specimen. 



Tlie punctured striae of the elytra are not very strong and 

 partly obsolete on account of the almost equally strongly punc- 

 tured interstices, the structure of the liead, the long ))asal joint 

 of the antennae and tlie strongly transverse jirosternum will 

 prevent this species being mistaken for a Spiiaerodenna. 



97. Eucycia elegantula, n. sp. — Rounded, fulvous, antennae 

 with the fifth to the tenth joint black, tliorax rather finely and 

 closely punctured, elytra strongly punctate-striate, metallic dark 

 blue, the extreme apex fulvous. 



Length 1 72 li^^^- 



Head impunctate, without frontal elevations, fulvous, dypeus 

 ratlier concave witli lateral and central ridge , eyes large , an- 

 tennae closely approached at the base , the lower three joints 

 and the apex of the terminal one , fulvous , the others black , 

 first joint very long and curved, its base very slender, the apex 

 thickened, second joint short, third slightly longer, the following 

 joints thickened , cylindrical and pubescent, apical joint thinner, 

 thorax tliree times broader than long, the sides nearly straight, 

 narrowed towards thc^ apex, anterior angles obliquely tliickenetl, 

 posterior margin sinuate at each side, rather sliarply produceil 

 at the mid(Ue, the surface finely and ratlier closely punctured, 

 fulvous, elytra regularly and rather strongly punctate-striate, 

 the striae widely placed, the interstices flat and impunctate, their 

 epi})leurae very In-oad, concave, underside and legs fulvous, the 

 posteriov femora very strongly thickiMied , slioi-t , their tibiae 

 dilated, chanelled , with a spur, the iirst joint of the posterior 



