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ululacenii- US Weise descrilH'.s Ins spi'eies. aiid llic lliorax is iin- 

 piiiiclaU', tlie elyira also are verv liiiely pimetiired auU sliining. 



Docemasia lieii. n. 



Body uarrowly eloiigate. (he antennac vevy louu, and lili- 

 lorm, tlie seoond and lliird Joint verv small, palpi incrassale al tlie 

 peniiltiniate Joint, thorax sub(piadrate without sulciis. the jjosterior 

 angles rounded, scutelium triangulär, elytra wider at the base 

 than the thorax, irreguiarly punctured, metallie, their ei)i})k'nrae 

 extremely narrow below the middle, posterior l'euiora inerassate, 

 tibiae nou-sideate, all" armed with a small spine. the tirst Joint 

 ol" tiie posterior tai-si as long as the IblloNving j'oints- together, 

 claws appendiculate, prosternum scarcely visible between the 

 coxae, the anterior cavities closed. 



The small insect for which this genus is i)roposed. has Ihe 

 general api)earance of a species ol' Longitarsis; the slructural 

 eharactcrs which distinguish the present genus, are the long 

 antennae with their very short second and third joints, the nearly 

 invisible prosternum and the closed anterior coxal cavities; the 

 posterior lemora are very distiuctly inerassate, leaving no doubt 

 as to the proper place of the genus among the Ilalticiiiae, where 

 it may perhaps best be placed near Cerotrus Jac. which has 

 likcwise very short second and third joints ol' the antennae. bat 

 ditfers in the strongly transverse thorax and other details. 



Docemasia caerulea sp. n. 



Below black, above metallie dark blue. thorax very .-.[uiringly 

 and linely punctured, elytra rather strongly and closely puiictale. 

 the base of the tibiae fulvous. 



Length 3 mill. 



Head \\\{\\ a few very miaute punctures. dark l)Uie. Ihe 

 frontal elevations in shape of narrov»' transverse ridges, clypeus 

 distiuctly i'aised between the antennae, i)alpi robust, eyes large, 

 antennae extending to the apex of the elytra: black. the tirst 

 Joint fulvous at its extreme base, the secoud aiid third Joint very 



Stett. entomol. Zeit. 1S9'J. 



