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Hnl). ill Iraclihus fluvii Limpopouis. 



Caput subtransversuin, rugoso-pmictatum, violaceum, 

 fronte lale sulcata, medio flavo-pubescente, plaga ulrin- 

 que auro-cuprea; oculi niavimi, subovati, convcxi, glauci. 

 Antennae breves, senate, nigral, basi violaceo-tinctas. Tlio- 

 rax latitudine baseos paullo brevior, a basi ad medium 

 subbnearis, dein valde angustatus, apice lale subsinuatus, 

 basi in medio leviter productus, supra subdepressus, an- 

 tice versus latera utrinque longitudinaliter impressus, prae- 

 ter lineam mediam longitudinalem subcarinatam margi- 

 nemque apicis, undique crebre rugoso-punctatus, cupreus, 

 uitidus, vitta media marginibusque laterum apicisquc vio- 

 laceis; subtus valde convexus, violaceus, punctatus, medio 

 tricarinatus, utrinque dense sulpbureo-lannginosus. Elytra 

 basi tborace parum latiora, mox vero admodum dilatata-, 

 ante medium iterum attenuata, conjunctim oblongo-sub- 

 cordata , margine laterali pone extensionem humeralem 

 leviter sinuato et pone sinura incrassato, thorace quadruple 

 longiora, supra modice convexa, creberrime rugoso-sub- 

 reticulata, rugis dorsalibus plerisque in lineas elevatas 

 digestis, tota cuprea, nitida, margine antice subtus vio- 

 laceo. Pectus et abdomen confertim punctulata, viridi- 

 genea vel crerulescentia , sat dense flavo-villosa. Pedes 

 mediocres, rugoso-punctati , violacei, flavo-pubescentes, 

 femoribus 4 anterioribus incrassalis, primi paris antice 

 plaga loevi, glabra. Pjjs 



343. Chrysochroa ambigua: subdepressa, viridi-aurea, 

 nitida, elytrorura margine laterali auro-puniceo, tho- 

 race subscabro, ante medium ampliato, concinne mar- 

 ginato, carina marginali laevissima ; elytris confertissime 

 rugoso-reticulatis, dorso subregulariter elevato-striatis, 

 marline ante medium incrassato. Long. 31 — 37, lat. 

 12 — 14 millim. 



Habitat in tractibus fluvii Gariepis superioribus. 



