neiv genera and sj^ecies of Tcnehrionidce, §'r. 285 



convex, finely and irrei^ularly seriate-punctate, narrowing 

 from behind the middle to the apex, which is slightly 

 divaricate but not pi-oduced ; base arcuately emarginate, 

 keeled only at the shoulders ; humeral angle not promi- 

 nent; legs shining pitchy-brown ; antenna) reddish-brown. 



The $ has the hind tibiai a little flexuous and thickened 

 at the apex. 



Long. 5 — ^\ lin. 



Antananarivo. 



Dollcliodcrus pulcJn'ipes, n. sp. 



Golden-brassy or brassy- green, excepting the head, 

 which is darker and duller ; the apex of the elytra tinged 

 with violet colour. Head broadly sinuately rounded in 

 front, finely, closely and rugosely punctured ; epistomal 

 suture well marked ; antennary orbits prominent ; eyes 

 projecting laterally beyond their orbit ; prothorax rather 

 strongly convex, subcylindric, a little narrowed anteriorly 

 fr'om behind the middle ; front angles not at all prominent; 

 base broadly rounded ; lateral margins obsolete ; finely 

 and not at all closely punctured ; elytra as in the pre- 

 ceding species, except that the apex is a little produced 

 and the base is keeled nearly up to the scutellum ; legs of 

 a lovely metallic-violet colour ; antennae reddish-brown. 



The hind tibijc in the $ are very distinctly flexuous, 

 and thickened at the apex. 



Long. 6 — 6 J lin. 



Antananarivo. 



JDolichoderus gihbipennis, n. sp. 



Dark [eneous, shining on the elytra. Head and pro- 

 thorax very finely and not at all closely jiunctured, the 

 former broadly (but not sinuately) rounded in front ; 

 epistomal suture rather faintly marked ; antennary orbits 

 moderately convex, obliquely rounded, nearly smooth and, 

 shining ; eyes normal ; prothorax subcylindric, slightly 

 contracted at base and apex ; base and apex of about equal 

 Avidth ; front angles not at all prominent ; base somewhat 

 sinuately triuicatcd ; lateral margins well marked at the 

 base ; elytra ovate, gibbous, shar[)ly attenuated behind, 

 the apex a little produced but not divaricate; finely seriate- 

 punctate ; base arcuately emarginate and entirely keeled ; 



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