508 M. JACOBY 



47. jytoiiolepta. Boisdixvali, sp. n. 



Black, the head, thorax and legs llavous, thorax obsoletely 

 sulcate, impunctate, elytra violaceous, impunctate. 



Var. The intermediate and posterior legs black. 



Length 3 millim. 



Head impunctate, Havous, frontal elevations feebly raised, ca- 

 rina linear, labrum black, e^^es large, antennae extending to the 

 apex of the elytra, black, the lower three joints obscure fulvous 

 at the apex, third joint one half longer than the second one, 

 fourth and following joints very elongate, thorax about one half 

 broader than long, flavous, the sides straight at the base, gra- 

 dually obliquely widened towards the apex, anterior angles ob- 

 tusely thickened, the disc with a very obsolete transverse de- 

 pression at the middle, entirely impunctate, scutellam black; 

 elytra ovate, metallic violaceous, their epipleurse obsolete below 

 the middle, the surface impunctate ; breast and abdomen black, 

 legs llavous, the metatarsus of the posterior legs extremely long. 



Ighibirei, Bujakori, Moroka, 1300 m. 



The specimens from Moroka have the posterior legs black, 

 but I cannot find any other differences ; the species resembles M, 

 aruensis Jac. in coloration but that species is larger, the antennae 

 are of different colour and have the second and third joint very 

 short and equal and the thorax has no depression. 



48. Oandezea Lorise, sp. n. 



Testaceous, the breast black, thorax subquadrate, impunctate, 

 elytra with suturai impressions below the base, impunctate, the 

 basal margin extending down the shoulders, black. 



Length 6 millim. 



Head impunctate, with a central fovea, frontal elevations nar- 

 rowly transverse, carina fiat, the apex of the mandibles black, 

 antennae slender, fiavous, the basal joint elongate, the second, 

 half the length of the third joint, terminal three joints longer 



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