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the anterior angles tuberculiform, anterior and poslerior margins 

 straight, Ihe surface deeply transversely sulcate at the sides, ano- 

 ther more obsolète triangular dépression is placed at the middle 

 near the anterior and posterior margins, the dise sparingly and 

 irregularly punctured, scutellum with the apex broadly rounded ; 

 elytra parallel and subcylindrical, with a slight dépression below 

 the base, the sides at the shoulders strongly perpendicularly 

 deflexed, the surface extremely closely and finely rugose-punctate, 

 clothed with very short grey pubescence, metallic green, stained 

 with cupreous hère and there; below metallic brlght green, finely 

 pubescent, the legs fulvous. 

 There are two, apparently female spécimens, before me. 



ERIOSARDA gen. n. 



Elongate and parallel, antennse filiform, the third joint very long, 

 thorax transverse, short, transversely sulcate, elytra irregularly 

 punctured and finely pubescent, Iheir epipleura3 distinct only at the 

 base, extremely narrow below the latter, legs slender, the tibiae 

 unarmed, the metatarsus of the poslerior legs as long as the fol- 

 lowing two joints together, claws bifid, prosternum invisible, the 

 anterior coxal cavities open. 



Amongst the gênera with open coxal cavities, there are but few 

 with pubescent elytra in connection with a short, transversely sul- 

 cate thorax and none having bifid claws and nearly absent elytral 

 epipleurae. In gênerai appearance the présent genus resembles 

 Mimastra but difïers from it and Sarda which also has the third 

 joint of the antenna? elongate, in the bifid claws and pubescent 

 elytra. 



ERIOSARDA METALLICA sp. n. 



Metallic green, the basai joints of the antenna3 and the legs ful- 

 vous, head closely punctured, thorax with four transverse dépres- 

 sions, elytra extremely closely punctured, finely wrinkled and 

 clothed with short grey pubescence. 



Lenght 6 mill. 



Head not longer than broad, closely and strongly punctured at 

 the vertex, with a narrow central groove, frontal élévations sub- 

 quadrate, not well defined, labrum and palpi fulvous, antennse 

 extending nearly to the apex of the elytra, the lower three or four 

 joints fulvous, the rest blackish, basai joint curved, thickened, 

 second of half the lenglh, third one, longer than the preceding 

 joints together, fourth and foUowing joints of aearly equal length; 



