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30. Drypta //tomcic'rt ; violacea, sub-iiitida, breviter parce 

 pubescens; antcnnis lulo-testaccis, arliculo primo longo, 

 extrorsuni nigroj ore palpisque rufo-testaceisj protho- 

 race oblongo, rufo, violaceo-micante, subtiliter, sub- 

 remote punctulato, tenuifer canaliculato; elytris evi- 

 deiiter punctato-striatis, interstitiis sub-convexis, vage 

 punctulatis; peetore pctlibusque rufo-teslaceis, feinori- 

 bus apice late nigris. Long. 11, lat. 4 niillim. 



Habitat in CafFraria interiore rarius, * 



Primo intuitu D. rufwolli simillima, scd nonnihii 

 major," latior, prothorace bieviore, latiore, postice iiiagis 

 angustato, supia minus convexo, subtiliter, remotius punc- 

 tulato, dilute violaceo-micante, elytris evidenter punctato- 

 striatis, interstitiis convexis, minus crebre, profundius 

 punctulatis, ut et femoribus fere a medio ad apicem 

 nigris. Caput crebre, mediocriter punctatum, violaceum, 

 nitidum, breviter albo-pubescens, basi apiceque rufo- 

 testaceum; labro, mandibulis palpisque rufo- testaceis; 

 oculis rotundatis, convexis, glaucis. Antennae rufo- 

 testaceae, articulo primo longo, extrorsum sensim, nio- 

 dice incrassato, a medio ad apicem nigro-piceo, nitido, 

 tertio basi leviter infuscato. Prothorax oblongus, rufus, 

 dilute violaceo-micans, tenuiter albido-pubescens, apice 

 truncatus, basi leviter rotundato-emarginatus, lateribus 

 nonnibil rotundato-ampliatus; posterius sinuato-angustatus, 

 supra paullo convexus, punctis sub-remotis, minus pro- 

 fundis, a latere visis confluentibus; medio canalicula 

 tenui, longitudinali. Scutelliim oblongo-triangulare, rufo- 

 ferruf^ineum , punctatum. Elytra antice protboracis basi 

 plus quam duplo latiora, ad humeios rotundata, lateri- 

 bus a basi fere ad apicem sensim perpariim ampHata, 

 apice truncata, singulatim leviter rotundato-emarginata, 

 supra paullo convexa, violacea, sub-nitida, breviter, pa rce 

 albo pubescentia, evidenter striata, striis in fundo subti- 

 liter, confertim punctulatis, interstitiis modice convexis. 



