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and united into a V-shaped spot, covering interstices 4 — 6, with a 

 smaller detached spot on the 3rd ; the apical (sutural) yellow spot is 

 as in C. signatus. 



Chl^nius eueyscoptts, sp. n. — C. spoliato affinis sed multo latior ely- 

 trisque maculatis. JBrevior, glabratus, viridi-ceneus elytris nigris, margine 

 fascia mediana apiceque late flavo-testaceis ; oculis valde prominentibus ; tho- 

 race relative parvo breviter cordato, alictaceo vix punctata : elytris latis 

 oblongis humeris late rotujidatis, valde striatis, sttnis hand perspicue punctu- 

 latis, interstitiis impunctatis : corpore subtus nigra fere Icevi, abdomine 

 margine late pedihus palpis et ante7inis flavo-testaceis. Lang. 14 mm., $ . 



Akele, Gaboon. 



Belongs to the spoliatus sub-group of the genus ; the thorax 

 being nearly impunctate, as is also the prosternum, which shows only 

 a few faint punctures in the middle of the episterna. The junction 

 of the marginal with the basal fold of the elytra forms a distinct but 

 obtuse angle, and the shoulders from the angle are very broadly 

 rounded. The thorax is broader than long, with sides strongly rounded 

 anteriorly, and equally strongly sinuate-angustate towards the base, 

 straightening to form rectangular almost acute hind angles. The 

 yellow border of the elytra extends to the 6th stria from the shoulder 

 (where it is still further dilated) to the median fascia, which reaches 

 the 2nd stria ; between the fascia and the broad apical spot it reaches 

 no further than the 8th stria. The disc of the head and thoi*ax is of 

 a rich purple-coppery hue. 



Chl^nius Lastii, sp. n. — Species insolita, capite parvo collo crasso, 

 palpis (labialibus) securiformibus elytrisque interstitiis 3'" 5'" et 7™" angustis 

 carinatis. Magnus, supra cceruleo-violaceus apacus, capite (postice) thoraceque 

 grosse confluenter punctatis, elytris canfertim subtiliter 'punctulatis ; palpis 

 labro {a pice recto) antennis et pedibus pallide rufis. Long. 25 mm., ? . 



Mpwapwa, East Central Africa {Mr. Last). 



This singular species approaches nearest C. violaceipennis (Chaud.), 

 having a similarly formed, though smaller, head, and similarly securi- 

 form labial palpi ; but instead of being nearly smooth like that species, 

 it is above densely sculptured, most coarsely on the hind part of the 

 head and the entire surface of the thorax. The latter is rather narrow 

 and elongate, the sides only slightly rounded, scarcely narrowed be- 

 hind, and little more so towards the front angles, which closely embrace 

 the sides of the broad neck. The antennae are slender, the 3rd joint 

 nearly twice as long as the 4th. The 3rd, 5th and 7th elytral interstices 

 are cariniform, with the summit of the ridges smooth or nearly so, all 



