418 Mr. H. W. Bates's descriptions of 



medio parum dilatato lajvi, postice foveolis dispersis rotuiidis 

 perforato: elytris siibtilissime punctulatis subopacds, sntui-a 

 uitida, vitta lateral! obsciira violacea : femoribus omniI)us basi, 

 tibiis 4 anticis, posticisque medioj flavis. Long. 6 lin. 

 Lagos, Guinea 



Apparently allied to Enporus iiinahilis, (Hope)., in wliicla, 

 however, the femora are described as '' eyancis," and no mention 

 is made of the yellow colour of the greater part of the length. 

 His species, moreover, may be a true Kuporiis. 



Prosyite tcnelhis. 



Gracillimus, viridi-aeneus, pedibus posticis antennisque chaly- 

 beis, femorum quatuor anteriorum clavis rufis; capite antice 

 elongato-augustato, grossissime confertim, occipite sparsim, punc- 

 tate: thorace valde elongato, fere cylindrico, antice et postice 

 modice constricto, supra sparsissime (antice subtilius postice 

 grossius) punctato: scutello aurato, la;vi: elytris subtiliter creber- 

 rime punctulato basi subla?vi nitido: antennis (?) gracilibus sed 

 corpora brevioribus, articulis 7-11 tantum multo al>brevialis. 

 Long. 5 lin. ^ • 



Lagos, Guinea. 



Ipotltalia esmeralda. 



Saturate viridis, haud nitida, subtus lajte argenteo-sericea, 

 pedibus rufis nitidis, femorum posticorum clavis, tibiis posticis et 

 antennis, chalybeo-violaceis: capite thoraceque crebre subrngoso- 

 punctatis, hoc medio spatio subla^vi, marginibus anticis et posticis 

 transversim plicatis : scutello lateribus arcuatis apice producto : 

 elytris confertim intricato- rugulosis. Long. 8 lin. $ . 



$ Segmentis ventralibus sex, Gto parvo, 5to apice ai'cuato- 

 subemarginato. 



North West Bori^eo (from Mr. Low's collection. 



Clostci'op'tis avfjentatits. 



C. s/tcciosc (King) gracilior. Subcyaneo-viridis, metallicus, 

 antennis chalybeis: elytris velutiuis vitta iitrinque viridi-argentea ; 

 femoribus a-ueis, tibiis chalybeis, tarsis argenteo-sericcis : corpore 

 subtus argenteo-pubescenti : thorace antice et postice acute 

 sulcato-constricto, dorso valde tuberculato, partibus concavis 

 subtiliter striatis. Long. 6-|-7-| lin. $ . 



Cordillera of Venezuela (Goring). 



