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aiitl more closely puncturetl, punctures Anterior tibiae with five or six lateral 



more numerous at the sides where the teeth, tlie inferior ridge finely, sparsely, 



usual fovea is evident. Elytra about crenulate or denticulate in both sexes, 



twice as long as the thorax and scarce- In the J* the apex of the front tibiae is 



ly wider, slightly narrowed at base strongly, acutely produced obliquely in- 



thence with the sides broadly rounded ward and forward, the terminal spur 



to the apices which are prominent and is short not very stout about equal in 



not at all inflexed. Stiiae fine and but length to the second joint of the tarsi, 



feebly impressed, with rows of small Hind thighs unarmed, 



punctures, intervals flat with a sparse Length, ,$ ii mm., .44 in.; $ 12 



and rather indistinct punctuhition, scu- mm., .48 in. 



tellum ec^uilateral, smaller than usual One pair Va. fountl by jMr. Ulke in 



so that the sutural striae reach the base, fungi. 



but they are not so near the scutellum On comparison with diminutive 



as in G. <$a/y/etc., nor do they inter- specimens of blackburfiii and balyi 



rupt the second striae whicli reach the of the same size, the scutellum is seen 



base as usual in the subgenus. Body to be distinctly smaller in the present 



beneath black or slightly bronzed, species. 



rather sparsely clothetl with brown It aflbrds me great pleasure to give 



pubescence and bristles ; mcsosterniim Mr. Ulke's name to this interesting 



with a prominent somewhat semicir- little species in recognition of many 



cular crest between the coxae ; middle favors. 



tibiae .shorter than the posterior ones, In the subgenus JSIelanotriipes the 



gradually wider like them, but thicker following described species only is 



when viewed laterally, both pairs have known to me : 



three distinct transverse ridges counting G. hornii, n. sp. — Black, shining, 



the apical one; the anterior tarsi are without any metallic reflections clothed 



more slender than the others, the first beneath with dark brown hair, form 



joint short, the second equal in length robust. Clypeus oval, a little more 



to the third and fourth united, but more prominent in the 9 ■, its entire surface 



slender; in the middle and hind tarsi rugose punctate, a distinct tubercle be- 



the first joint is elongate nearly equal hind more or less acute, the sutural 



to the next three which are but little impression deep, the anteocular ridges 



longer than wide and gradually decrease of the head are well marked, the sides 



in length and thickness, last joint rounded as usual ; antennae with the 



longest in the middle tarsi, about equal fourth joint shorter than the third or 



to tlie first joint in the hind pair, longest fifth, club yellow with the second joint 



spur of middle and hind tibiae equal to more or lessemarginate or truncate and 



the first three joints in the (J, scarcely thinner below; thorax of the usual 



longer than the first two joints in the 9 . form, broadly emarginate in front, the 



