species of Languriidce. 387 



rounded, diffusely and strongly punctured; elytra narrow com- 

 pared with protliorax, with regular rows of punctui-es ; shoulders 

 not prominent ; each elytron is depressed towards suture near 

 apex, and the apex is produced into a blunt point; legs rather 

 stout, black; base of femora broadly rufous. 

 Hab. Guinea ; Cameroon Mountains. 



Languria monticola, n. s. 



Elongata, cyanea, capite prothoraceque rufo, antemiis, basi 

 excepta, uigris, pedibus versicoloribus, corpore subtus rufo, apice 

 abdominis fusco; capite triangulari, oculis prominentibus ; antennis 

 modicis, clava 4-articulata ; prothorace latitudine longiori, lateri- 

 bus leviter antice rotundatis, postice sensim contractis, ad basim 

 depresso, et stria basah utrinque evidenter instructis ; scutello sat 

 magno, rufo ; elytris caeruleo-cyaneis, ordinibus punctorum seriatim 

 dispositis ; femoribus nigris, ad basim rufis, tibiis plus minusve 

 piceis, tarsis testaceis, unguibus piceis. Long. 5-75 — 6 mm. 



Elongate, cyaneous, with head and prothorax red; antennae 

 with 4-jointed club ; head triangular, with prominent eyes, rather 

 strongly and deeply punctured; prothorax longer than broad, 

 sUghtly cordate, rather diffusely puuctm-ed, with a well-marked 

 depression at base, terminated at each end by a plam longitudinal 

 stria ; scuteUum rather large, red ; elytra bluish, with shoulders 

 distinctly raised, with regular rows of moderate-sized round punc- 

 tures ; femora black, with base red ; tibiae pitchy or reddish ; tarsi 

 testaceous ; claws pitchy. 



Hah. Guinea ; Cameroon Mountains. 



Stenolanguria, n. g. 



Elongata, angustata, capite lato prothoracis latituduiem aequante 

 vel superante ; clypeo magno, convexo ; oculis magnis promi- 

 nentibus, antennis basim prothoracis baud attingentibus, clava 

 biarticulata ; prothorace latitudine multo longiori, basi bisinuata, 

 angulis posticis fortiter acuminatis ; elytris apicem versus sensim 

 angustatis, humeris prominentibus, apicibus ad extremiun plus 

 mmusve divaricatis, utroque product© et acuminato, pedibus longis 

 teretioribus. 



This genus appears to present a distant affinity to 

 Oxylanguria on the one side, and rather a strong con- 

 nection with Langurites on the other ; the chief marks 

 of distinction are the divaricate apices of the elytra, 

 which are more or less strongly pointed, and are 



