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Kz. , and also to barombina, Kollx' and Jnevis, Kz. , l)ut do 

 not agree precise!}' witli tlio descriptions ut" any of the various 

 forms separated from iris, by recent authors, under distinctive 

 names. 



IC). Smaragdesthes smaragdina, Voet. 

 •French Con^-o (Cape Lopez. ()ct()l)er . 1902). 

 V. blanda, IJurm. 



Portuguese Guinea (Bohima , June-Decemher. 1899). 

 Several specimens. 



17. S. africana, Drury. 



Cameroons (Bonjongo, February 1908). Fernando Po Is. (Punta 

 Frailes , October-Novemljer , 1 90 1 ). 

 Several specimens. 



18. 8. viridi-cyanea, Pahsot. 



Prince's Is. (Roca Inf. D. Henrique, 100-300 m. , January- 

 April 1901; Bahia do Oeste, 100-200 m. , May-June, 1901). 



Specimens obtained by Fea agree with Kollie's description (Stet- 

 tiner Ent. Zeit. 189o, p. 277) of a unique female example, also 

 from Prince's Is. , in the Berlin Museum, that he regards as the 

 true viridi-cyanea of Palisot de Beauvois. The male, (jf which 

 Fea oljtained one specimen, has the abdomen broadly sulcate in 

 the centre and only sparsely punctured at the sides and the 

 punctuation of the elytra extremely fine , otherwise it is very si- 

 milar to the females. 



This species is usually represented in collections by the deep 

 bluish green form of africana, occurring chiefly in the Sierra 

 Leone country, in which the apical margin of the clypeus is 

 broadly reflexed in the centre and the median carina is con- 

 stricted near the apex and terminates abruptly in a transverse 

 prominence in front. As Palisot' s description applies almost equally 

 well to this form, an examination of his type specimen will alone 

 decide which is the true viridi-cyanea. 



19. S. affinis, Kz. 



French Congo (Cape Lopez, October , 1 902). 



Four specimens, one with the thorax entirely black. 



