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differcntlv coloured legs and tlie sculpture of" tlie thorax diff'ers. 

 Two .specimons are belbre nie. 



Eumolpidae. 



Macetes thoracica sp. u. 



Broadly siibquadratc- ovate, metallic greenish or obscure 

 aeneous, aiitennae piceous, head rugose-punctate, thorax broadly 

 subquadrate, very closely and distinctiy punctiired, elytra clothed 

 with white silky ])ubescencc, extremely minutely punctured, legs 

 metallic aeneous. 



Length 71/2 niill. 



Head broad and flat, closely nigosely punctured with 

 a narrow longitudinal central groove, clypeus not separated IVom 

 the face, its anterior niargin straight, niandibles robust, antennae 

 short and robust, piceous, the second Joint slightly louger than 

 the third, terminal joints thickened; thorax nearl}^ twice as 

 broad as long, subquadrate, the lateral margins indicated only 

 by a narrow short ridge at the base, the median lobe broad 

 and truncate, the disc tinely and ver}' closely punctured, especially 

 so at the sides A^ here the punctures are partly trausversely con- 

 fluent, the middle with a narrow smooth longitudinal space, the 

 interstices finely pubescent, scutcllum mach broader than long, 

 subpentagonal, sparingly punctured; elj'tra shghtly wider at the 

 base than the thorax, narrowed posteriorly, obsoletely transversely 

 depressed below the base, extremely tinely and closely punctured 

 and clothed with longish white, silky pubescence; below and 

 the legs obscure cupi-eous. the femora with a small tooth, claws 

 bitid, prosternum much broader than long. 



Hab. Lake Nyassa. 



Of this species I possess t\\() specimens, one of greenish, 

 the other of aeneous coloration, they differ from M. albicans Chap. 

 in the cupreous, not ferrugineous tibiae and in the larger size, 

 but Chapuis description is in other respect unrecognisable as it 

 consists of three hnes. 



Stett. entomol. Zeit. 1903. 



