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obtusis, posticis rotundatis; supra paixllo convexus, viridi- 

 aeneus, nitidus, postice crebie, dorso antico valde remote, 

 inaequaliter et inediocriter punclatus, medio canalicula 

 sat profunda, antice posticeque abbreviata et postice 

 utrinque foveola parum profunda impressusj extus paullo 

 elevatus, anguste testaceo-marginatus. Scutellum parvum, 

 triangulare, nigrum, sub-opacum. Elytra antice protho- 

 racis basi vix dimidio latiora, quam lata dimidio longiora, 

 ad humeros rotundata, lateribus non ampliata, ante api- 

 cem singulatim leviter sinuata, apice conjunctim rotun- 

 data, supra nonnihil convexa, viridi-aenea, parum nitida, 

 dense, breviter fulvo-pubescentia, tenuiter punctato-striata, 

 interstitiis parum convexis, subtiliter, minus crebre gra- 

 nulatis; margine antice angustius, postice latius flavo- 

 testaceo, apice intus sub-undulato. Corpus subtus nigro- 

 piccum', subtiliter, sub-remote punctulatum; abdomine 

 extus sat late testaceo-marginato. Pedes flavo-testacei; 

 articulis tarsorum apice leviter infuscatis. 



159. Chlaenius similatus: niger, sub-nitidus, breviter 

 testaceo-pubescens; labro, palpis, antennis basi pedi- 

 busque flavo-testaceis; capite prothoraceque viridi-aeneis, 

 illo lato, sat profunde, crebre punctato, anguste te- 

 staceo-marginato, medio tenuiter canaliculato; elytris 

 fusco-aeneis, tenuiter punctato-striatis, interstitiis sub- 

 tiliter, sub-remote granulatis; margine latiori, postice 

 sinuato abdomineque margine tlavo-testaceis. Long. 9^, 

 lat. 4^ millim. 



Habitat ad Portum Natalense. 



Praecedenti sirailis, nonnihil minorj prothorace an- 

 gustiori, undique sat crebre, profundius punctato, tenu- 

 iter canaliculato, ab illo mox distinctus. Caput rotun- 

 datum, supra paullo convexum, viridi-acneum, nitidum, 

 subtilissime, crebre punctulatum , sub-glabrum, ad oculos 

 subtilissime aciculatum; fronte utrinque leviter impressa; 

 labro palpisque (lavo-testaceis; mandibulis piceisj oculis 



