1895. 



riiOCEEDIXGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. G99 



apex; intervals smooth, flat on disk but strongly convex and alternat- 

 ing in width toward apex. Stria' lined with aureo cupreous, each 

 interval with a dark violaceous cupreous band, niargine<l with purple. 

 Epipleura and ventral surface dark brown, the former opaque, nearly 

 smooth; metasternnm shining at middle, smooth; episterua and abdo- 

 men rather densely punctate, opaque. Legs dark brown, strongly 

 punctate; femora subclavate; tarsi narrow, densely flavopilose beneath. 

 T,ipes.—^o. 40, U.S.N.M. Three examples, Jombene Range. Length, 



7.5 to 9 mm. 



STRONGYLIUM MIRABILE, new species. 



Elongate, parallel, bright greenish blue, more shining beneath, with 

 sanouiueous elytra. Antenuie, hardly reaching posterior angles of 

 thomx, second joint small, round, third obeonical, a littk^ longer than 

 fourth, which is twice as broad and forms, with joints five to eleven, a 

 serrate club. Head much exserted, strongly but not very densely 

 punctate, clvpeal impression deep and broad ; front very broad between 

 the eyes, obsoletely impressed at middle. Thorax convex, continuously 

 maro-ined, as long as broad, strongly punctate, more sparsely at the 

 middle; sides broadly rounded; anterior angles rounded; posterior 

 auoles rectangular; basal margin strongly reflexed, bisinuate; two 

 deep punctures on the disk behind the middle. Scutellum semioval, 

 smooth, green. Elytra parallel, stride more impressed toward apex, 

 densely and deeply punctate; intervals slightly convex, densely punc- 

 tate. Ventral surface and legs coarsely punctate, middle of metaster- 

 uum and abdomen nearly smooth. 



Type.— No. 41, U.S.N.M. One example, Tana River. Length, 1 1 mm. 



PRAOGENA TIBIALIS, new species. 



Elongate, black, shining. Antennae filiform, longer than half the 

 body Head flat, very sparsely and finely punctate; clypeus slightly 

 transverse, truncate at apical margin, separated from the front by a 

 fine impressed straight line; front between the eyes as broad as the 

 diameter of eye seen from above; ocular sulci deep, arcuate, reaching 

 from posterior margin of the eyes to the canthus, passing the clypeal 

 suture. Thorax slightlv broader than long, broadest at middle, very 

 finely and sparsely punctulate; sides strongly rounded, especially m 

 front; anterior angles entirely wanting; posterior angles obtuse; base 

 feebly bisinuate, strongly margined, with a small, round fovea each 

 side and a shallow depression in front of scutellum. Elytra, cupreous, 

 maro-ined with green, much broader than thorax, parallel fin- three- 

 fourths of the length, deeply striate; stride crenately punctate^; inter- 

 vals convex, more strongly toward apex, obsoletely punctulate. ^ eiitral 

 surface nearly smooth. Prosternum posteriorly somewhat protuberant 

 and arcuate. Femora black, sparsely punctate; tibiie sanguineous; 

 tarsi fuscous, with golden pubescence. 



Type.— No. 41', U.S.N.:\r. One example, Jombene Range. Lengtli, 



15 mm. 



