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the face by a deep transverse grnove, finelj piinctured, eyes 

 suiTOunded by a very deep siilcus, antennae extending slightly 

 beyond the middle of the elytra, metallic green, the terminal 

 flve joints dark blue, slightly widened, basal Joint very short, 

 almost subquadrate, second and third Joint nearly equal, the 

 following joints more elongate; thorax subconical, the sides 

 straight, the angles acute, the disc very convex, slrongly and 

 closely piuictured, posterior margin broadly but slightly prodiiced 

 at the middle, scutellum impunctate; elytra wider at the base 

 thaii the thorax. the Shoulders prominent, the surface strongly 

 and closely punctured in somewhat irregulär rows, the punctures 

 larger at the sides and the interstices obsoletely longitudinally 

 costate at the same place; below and the legs metallic green, 

 the intermediate and the posterior tibiae deeply emarginate at 

 the apex, the femora with a strong tooth, claws bifid, the inner 

 division very small. 



Allied to M. sttbcosfatus Jac. from Gaboon, but the thorax 

 in the present species nuuh longer, subconical and the punetuation 

 of the elytra closer and stronger; the female is larger and the 

 antennae are shorter, otherwise there is no important difference; 

 the species has much the resemblance of a small Corynodes but 

 the deeply emarginate tibiae and dentale femora belong to Menins. 



Menius parviilus sp. n. 



Metallic green or aeneous, the antennae (the apical joints 

 excepted) and the legs pale fulvous, thorax strongly but not 

 closely punctured, elytra strongly punctate-striate, the interstices 

 very minutely and sparingly punctured; abdomen piceous, femora 

 wilh a small tooth. 



Length 3 mill. 



One of the smallest species of the genus, the head with 

 a few tine punctures, the eyes surrounded by a deep suleus, the 

 clypeus separated by a sluillow groove, its anterior e(\ge with 

 two minute teeth, antennae comparatively short and stout, the 



Btett. entomol. Zeit. 1903. 



