230 [Oftober, 



U (10) Elytra and protliorax densely pnnotate, latter widest behind niiddl»% 

 strongly contracted in front and with very rounded hind angles 

 Length 15'f5 mm henn/i Andr. 



10 (9) Elytra and protliorax not densely punctate, latter widest at middle, 



contracted only a little more at extremity than base, hind angles 

 well marked, though sometimes rounded. 



11 (12) Elytra dnely, prothorax moderately, both uniformly, neither densely 



punctate, latter transversely rugose at sides. Length 18 mm. 



..... .cmdmnaneiish, n. .«p. 



12 (11) Elytra with intervals smootli along median line ; prothorax coarsely 



punctate, hardly rugose at sides. 



13 (14) Elytra with minute inconspicuous punctures along striae ; hind angles 



of prothorax sharp, though slightly obtuse. Length 15 mm. 



opacipennis Chaud. 



14 (13) Elytra with well-marked punctures along striae ; hind angles of pro- 



thorax obtuse and moderately rounded. 



1.5 IG) Elytra with conspicuous .nnd irregular punctures along striae, not very 

 close together, interval 8 more closely punctate than the others, 

 border green. Length 17 mm touzaJini, n. sp. 



16 (l.")) Elytra with fine, nearly regular, and very closely placed punctures 

 along striae, interval 8 hardly more punctate than the others, colour 

 of elytra uniformly black. Length 15 mm ymmaims, n. sp. 



Chlaenius lucnlentas, u. sp. 



Chlaenit(s opacipennis, S , Andr. (not Chaud.), Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. (9) iv, 1919, p. 11. 



Length 13 mm.; width 47o mm. Black; head coppery, green at sides; 

 base and disc of prothorax very dark purplish-green, merging at sides 

 into coppery, beyond which is a bright green stripe, front half of marginal 

 channel blue ; elytra violet-blue, black on disc, green at shoulders and to some 

 extent along sides; femora, front tibiae, hind trochanters, and joints 1-3 of 

 antennae liavous ; rest of legs, palpi, and labrum reddisn. Head (2-5 mm. 

 wide) moderately punctate on vertex and at sides, a little striate near eyes, 

 labrum deeply emavginate. PrutJwrax transverse (3x3-5 mm.), flat on disc, 

 with declivous front angles, widest about middle, contracted moderately in 

 front, hardly at all beliind, apex and base truncate, latter oblique at sides, 

 hind angles approximately right ; median line fine, not reaching extremities, 

 basal sulci narrow and deep, converging slightly towards apex, surface practi- 

 cally glabrous, irregularly punctate, coarsely near base, a few fine punctures 

 among the larger ones. Elytra elongate-oval, basal border bisinuate, angled 

 at shoulder, punctate-striate, the punctures very flue and close together, a 

 well-marked row of rather irregular punctures along each side of striae, 

 intervals otherwise smooth and moderately convex, surface shortly and not 

 conspicuously pubescent. Prosternal process bordered ; presternum and inner 

 half of pro- and mesepisterna sparsely punctate ; metasternum and episterna 

 coarsely punctate ; ventral surface with some irregular puncturation, chiefly 

 at sidtis. 



