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Genus Meroda, Baly. 

 Merocla r'ujtpen'nis, 



M. oblongo-ovata, convexa, iiitida, nigra ; autennis basi fulvis ; abdomine 

 el3'trisqiie rufis, hi? confuse punctato-striatis, striis prope suturam in- 

 distincte bifariam dispositis ; tibiis posticis quatuor extus ad apicem in 

 spinam breveni dilatatis ; fenioribus anticis valde inorassatis, subtiis in 

 dentem acutum produoitis. — Long. 2|- lin. 



Hdb. Amazons. 



Much smaller and more ovate than Meroda costata; shorter and 

 more ovate than the following species ; antennae slender, two-thirds 

 the length of the body, fourth joint shorter than the two preceding 

 united, three basal joints, together with the labrum and trophi, pale 

 fulvous ; abdomen and elyti'a bright rufous, the puncturing on the latter 

 distinct, deeply impressed. 



Meroda fulva. 



M. elongato-ovata, convexa, obscure fulva, nitida ; elytris confuse punc- 

 tato-striatis, striis prope suturam indistincte bifariam dispositis ; femo- 

 ribus anticis valde incrassatis, subtus in dentem acutum productis. — 

 Long. 2i lin. 



Hab. Amazons. Collected by H. W. Bates, Esq. 



Obscure shining fulvous; antennae slender, longer than the body, 

 three or four terminal joints stained towards their apex with piceous, 

 foiu'th joint nearly equal in length to the second and third united ; 

 thorax subremotely punctured, sides nearly straight and subparallel 

 behind, rounded in front ; elj'tra finely, but distinctl}^, punctured. 



Genus Psexjdocolaspis, Lap. 

 Pseudocolaspis Murrayi. 



P. breviter subcuneiformis, uitido-viridi-£enea, parce tenuiter pubescens ; 

 pedibus viridi-aureis, elytris -vdridi-caeruleis, ant^nnis (basi excepta) 

 nigris. — Long. lin. 



Hab. Old Calabar. 



Head deeply punctured, longitudinally strigose on the forehead, lower 

 portion of face concave, bright golden, apex of jaws black ; epistoma 

 not separated from the face ; thorax subconic, more quickly narrowed 

 at the apex, subcylindrical above, lateral borders distinct, surface some- 

 what closely subaciculate punctate, brassy-gi-een, with a slight golden 

 reflexion on the sides of the disk ; scutellum semiovate, its apex acute ; 

 elytra sparingly clothed with very fine and short erect hairs, broader 

 tlian the thorax at the base, humeral callus prominent, sides narrowed 

 from the base to the apex, the latter acutely rounded, surface sparingly 

 covered with vei-j' short and fine subevect hairs, rather less closely but 

 more deeply subaciculate punctate, interspaces obsoletely strigose; 



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