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palev coloi-ation M^th only u slight aeneous gloss and in the 

 move tinely and cvcnly pmictuved elytra, the general size also 

 is lai-gev and the „habitat^'- quite dilterent. There are a good 

 niany species of this and closely allied genera found in Africa 

 onlv lo be sepavated by careful examination and of which a 

 detailed deeciiption is absolutelj necessavv to distinguish them. 



Eurydemus marginatus Jac. 



Pale fulvous, the head and thorax impunctate, the latter 

 with two longitudinal black stripes, elytra strongly punctate- 

 striate, the interstices convex, fulvous, a sutural and marginal 

 stripe, a spot on the Shoulders, another below the middle and 

 a narrow transversa band below the base, black. 



Lenwth 5 mill. 



Head entirely impunctate, eres large, deeply triangularly 

 emarginate, clypeus separated from the face by a shallow groove, 

 the surface with a few fine punctures, labrum fulvous, apex of 

 mandibles black, antennae extending beyond Ihe middle of the 

 elytra, fulvous, the second Joint scarcely shorter than the third; 

 ihorax transverse, the sides feebly rounded, strongly narrowed 

 anteriorly, the disc impunctate, fulvous, with two black longi- 

 tudinal narrow bands, from the base to the apex and slightly 

 sinuate in shape, scutellum black; elytra transversely depressed 

 below the base, strongly punctate-striate, the interstices convex, 

 especially so at the sides, the ground colour pale fulvous, a narrow 

 sutural and marginal band (the latter sometimes widened at the 

 middle) the humeral callus, a spot below the middle, and a 

 transverse band within the elytral depression black; below and 

 the legs fulvous, the femora with a strong tooth. 



In comparing the three specimens contained in this coUection 

 with the typical specimen of this insect, I can come to no other 

 conclusion, then that the insect which served me for the type 

 is but an aberration of those of which I have giveu the description 

 above, as one of the specimens is intermediate in regard to the 



Stett. entomol. Zeit. 1903. 



