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Head impunctate, the frontal élévations strongly raiaed, trian- 

 gular, the eyes very large, labrum black, antennae nearly as long as 

 the body (including the head and thorax), black, the lower three 

 joints testaceous, second and third joint small, equal, thorax 

 transversely subquadrate, the sides nearly straight, the surface 

 minutely and sparingly punctured, with two fovese placed laterally 

 but which are nearly joined at the middle; elytra wider at the base 

 than the thorax, ralher convex, finely and closely punctured, below 

 and the legs entirely testaceous. 



This species agrées in every way with the other species in regard 

 to structural détails and may be at once known by its smaller size 

 and the absence of any black markings above or below. 



MIMASTRACELLA gen. n. 



Body elongate, metallic and finely pubescent above, antennae fili- 

 form, the third joint very elongate, thorax short and transverse, 

 transversely sulcate, elytral epipleurae nearly absent below the 

 shoulders, legs slender, the tibias not chanelled and unarmed, the 

 metatarsus of the posterior legs as long as the foUowing two joints 

 together, claws bifid; prosternum invisible between the coxae, the 

 anterior cotyloid cavities open. 



The insect for which I am obliged to propose this genus has 

 perhaps its nearest ally in Haplosoma Jac. on account of Ihe almost 

 absent elytral epipleurae, Ihe slender antennae and the unarmed 

 tibiae and bifii claws, but in the présent genus the third joint of 

 the antennae is the longest, not the fourlh, Ihe thorax is not sub- 

 quadrate but transverse and the metatarsus of the posterior legs is 

 shorter. 



MIMASTRAGELLA HIRSUTA sp. nov. 



Metallic green, antennae black, their basai two joints and the legs 

 fulvous; thorax sparingly punctured, wilh transverse and other 

 dépressions; elytra very finely rugosely punctate, clolhed with very 

 short greyish pubescence. 



Lenglh 6 mill. 



Head wilh a central longitudinal groove, rugosely punctured, the 

 frontal élévations transverse, narrow, clypeus thickened, labrum 

 piceous, palpi fulvous, antennae long and slender black, the lower 

 two joints fulvous, basai joint strongly curved, the second about 

 halflhe length, third one half longer than the fourth joint, the rest 

 nearly equal; thorax about twice and a half broader than long, the 

 latéral margins straight at the base, slightly rounded anteriorly, 



