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tured, opaque, scutellum shining, black ; elytra without basal depres- 

 sion, opaque, the punctnatioa nearly obsolete, very fine near the base 

 and the suture, purplish black, a subquadrate spot surrounding the 

 shoulders only, golden cupreous ; under side and legs nearly black, the 

 intermediate femora widened below the middle, their tibiae strongly 

 curved ; posterior femora short and thick, their lower margin furnished 

 with three small teeth near the apex, the basal portion deeply and 

 broadly sulcate and furnished with short and dense pubescence ; 

 posterior tibiae curved at the base only, provided with a long spur at 

 the middle of the outer edge, the lower portion broadly sulcate, obso- 

 letely toothed on the inner side, the apex produced and pointed. 



Hab. Moiiy-Tsi, Tonkin. 



Of this remarkable species, so different in its coloration from 

 any of its allies, I received a single male specimen from 

 M. Donckier, in Paris. It is no doubt allied to S. j^eteli, Lac, 

 from Java, wbicli has likewise a long tibial spur ; the general 

 colour of the present insect might almost be described as black, 

 but the golden humeral spot is highly characteristic. 



MOUHOTINA SALOMONENSIS, Sp. n. 



Fulvous, the intermediate joints of the antennae and the tarsi 

 black ; thorax subquadrate, scarcely perceptibly punctured ; elytra 

 punctate-striate at the base only, metallic purplish, a large patch at 

 the base and the sides near the shoulders, more or less fulvous. 

 Length 10-11 millim. 



Broad and robust, the head impunctate, with a fovea between the 

 eyes, fulvous, the latter broadly emarginate ; mandibles black ; an- 

 tennas very slender, extending below the middle of the elytra, the lower 

 four joints and the apical two fulvous, the rest black, third and fourth 

 joint equal, elongate, the following joints scarcely longer : thorax one 

 half broader than long, the sides perfectly straight, the angles pointed, 

 the surface with a few very fine punctures, fulvous ; elytra wider at 

 the base than the thorax, with a deep depression below the base, the 

 shoulders very prominent, the basal portion with short rows of fine 

 punctures, the posterior portion nearly impunctate, purplish or viola- 

 ceous, the base more or less fulvous round the scutellum and at the 

 sides, the latter with one or two purplish spots on the shoulders, more 

 or less connected with the posterior dark portion ; under side and legs 

 fulvous, the tarsi blackish, the intermediate and posterior tibioa deeply 

 emarginate near the apex, the posterior femora with a small tooth, 

 claws bifid, prosternum very broad, subquadrate, the anterior margin 

 of the thoracic episternum convex. 



Hab. Florida ; Solomon Islands. 



Of this well-marked large species I possess four specimens, 

 somewhat variable in regard to the amount of the purplish 

 portion of the elytra; the insect is allied to ^1/. rufavt, Clark 

 (sub Nodostoma), but both species are not typical of the genus; 

 this latter has for the type a small species described by Baly, 

 having the general appearance of one belonging to 'Tupophorus, 

 and in which the anterior and posterior femora are dentate and 



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