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fiinilius, transversim itnprcssus, antice truncatus, lateribus 

 rectus, poslice fortius rotundatus, undique teiiuiter re- 

 flexo-marginalus. Scutellum breve, fusco-aeneum, obso- 

 lete punctulatLini, apice rotundatum. Elytra oblongo- 

 quadrata, prothorace triplo longiora et ejus basi nonhihil 

 latiora, viridia, nitida, breviter griseo-pubesccntia et parce 

 fusco-villosa, supra paullo convexa, conCortim, mediocri- 

 ter punctata, antice conjunchni leviter rotundato-eniargi- 

 iiata, lateribus a basi apiceni versus sensim perparum 

 ampliata, apice conjunctim late rotundata; humeris baud 

 elevatis, rotundatis. Corpus subtiis nigro-aeneum, obsolete, 

 crebre punctulatum, paruin nitidum; abdoniine rufo- te- 

 staceo-marginalo. Pedes viridi-yenei, obsolete punctulati, 

 parce pubescentes; tibiis a basi fere ad apicem flavo- 



testaccis: tarsis fuscis. 



Bhn. 



502. Malachius ccerulescens: oblongo-quadratus, modice 

 convexus, ca^ruleus, subnitidus, griseo-pubescens; pal- 

 pis antennisque nigris; capile prothoraceque crebre 

 punctulatis, hoc medio canaliculato; elytris evidenler, 

 confertim punctiilatisj abdomine basi medio segmentis- 

 que apicibus miniatis. Long. 3^, lat. 1^ millim. 



Habitat ad Boschjesmanns Rand. 



M. viridi multo minor. Caput sat magnum, ro- 

 tundatum, caeruleum, subnilidum, subtiliter, crebre pun- 

 ctulatum, paice griseo-pubescens, postice paullo convexum, 

 antice utrinque leviter impressum; palpis nigro-piceis; 

 oculis rotundatis, convexis, brunneis. Antennae capite cum 

 prothorace dimidio longiores, subtenues, obtuse serratoe, 

 nigroe, pubescentes. Prothorax latitudine dimidio brevior, 

 caeruleus, subnitidus, pube erecta, grisea adspersus, supra 

 convexiusculus, subtiliter, sat crebre punctulatus, medio 

 tenuiter, longitudiiialiter canaliculatus, intra apicem ob- 

 solete, ante basin evidentius, transversim impressus, an- 

 tice subtruncatus, angulis rotundatis, lateribus subrectus, 



