Eumolpide from Mauritius and Réunion. 115 
at once from any other of the genus; the interstices are 
also pubescent, but the specimen seems rather rubbed. 
The elytra are greenish-cupreous, with a distinct basal 
depression, and deep and closely-placed punctures in rather 
regular rows; the interstices have some small punctures 
here and there and are clothed with fulvous pubescence, 
rather long and somewhat sparsely distributed in the 
specimen before me, showing the metallic cupreous-ground 
colour distinctly; the sides are of a more greenish tint. 
Underside and legs as in the preceding species. 
The thorax in this insect is less narrowed in front than 
in 7’. vestita and the punctuation is very strong and close ; 
the elytra are also distinctly broader at the base than 
the thorax, with the shoulders rather projecting, a feature 
which distinguishes the species at once from any of its 
allies. 
Trichostola aurata, sp. n. 
Below black, above reddish-cupreous, clothed with fulvous pubes- 
cence, antenne and legs fulvous; head and thorax finely and 
_ closely punctured ; elytra finely punctate-striate. 
Length, 2—3 millim. 
Head closely covered with long fulvous pubescence, very finely 
punctured, the epistome not separated from the face, labrum and 
palpi fulvous; antennze extending nearly to the middle of the 
elytra, fulvous, the terminal joints gradually and slightly thickened, 
each joint stained with fuscous at the extreme apex, the third joint 
as long as the following ones. Thorax twice as broad as long, the 
sides rounded, the anterior portion rather strongly deflexed at the 
sides and very obsoletely transversely depressed, the surface clothed 
like the head with long falvous pubescence directed towards the 
base, scutellum covered with long whitish hairs. Elytra a little 
wider at the base than the thorax, with a slight transverse basal 
depression, finely but distinctly punctate-striate, pubescent like the 
other parts. Underside black, sparingly clothed with grey pubes- 
cence, legs entirely fulvous ; prosternum very broad. 
Hab. Mauritius, Carepipe. 
This little species is at once distinguished by the bright 
metallic reddish-cupreous colour, and by the fulvous, and 
not grey, pubescence of the upper surface, which nearly 
obscures all punctuation except that of the elytra. 
