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deep basai dépression, ihe anterior two tMrds dark bine, the apex 

 and the extrême latéral margin flavous. 



Length 3 lines. 



Head deeply constricted behind the eyes, impunctate, the Iatter 

 not very deeply notched, the latéral grooves distinct, the apex of 

 the clypeus, the labrum and the palpi black, the Iatter strongly 

 incrassate; antennae slender and filiform, black, the basai joint 

 flavous, the fourth joint one half longer than the third; thorax 

 scarcely longer than broad, the sides deeply constricted, the 

 anterior portion strongly transverse, the basai sulcus deep, the 

 surface impunctate with the exception of a few fine punctures at 

 the middle of the dise; scutellum black, longitudinally sulcate, its 

 apex truncate; elytra with a deep dépression below the base; 

 rather strongly and somewhat remotely punctate-striate, the punc- 

 tures diminishing gradually posteriorly, the interstices flat, slightly 

 raised near the apex, the Iatter flavous, the anterior two tbirds 

 metallic dark blue, the latéral margin flavous, the ninth row of 

 punctures entire. 



Underside and legs black, the last four abdominal segments 

 flavous. 



L. semiflava of which a single spécimen only is before me, is 

 nearly allied in coloration to L. semicyanea Jac. from Ecuador, 

 but differs in the colour of the head, thorax and legs, also in the 

 greater extend of the blue colour of the elytra. 



Habrophora montana n. sp. 



Palefulvons, pubescent above, thorax finely gramdale-punctate, 

 transversaly sulcate, elytra rather strongly punctured, with longi- 

 tudinal smooth narrow spaces, apical joints of the antennae tipped 

 with black. 



Length 1 1/2 line. 



Head closely and finely punctured, shining, the anterior edge of 

 the clypeus deeply concave-emarginate, eyes broadly sinuate at 

 their inner margin, antennae slender, extending beyond the middle 

 of the elytra, fui vous, the third and the three following joints slender, 

 equal, the terminal joints shorter, black at the apex ; thorax one 

 half broader than long, closely covered with pale fulvous pubescence, 

 the dise broadly transversely sulcate, fulvous, the extrême latéral 

 margin sometimes fuscous; elytra wider at the base than the 

 thorax, the shoulders prominent, the punctuation strong and 

 arranged in closely approached rows ; the interstices more or less 

 pubescent and forming smooth longitudinal spaces in the maie 



