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greenish, rather coarsely and sparingly pimctm-ed, with 

 numerous fine punctui*es mixed with the large ones. 

 Thorax nearly as long as broad, a little narrower than the 

 elytra, distinctly narrowed in front, of a shining bluish 

 colour, but dulled by a dark-fulvous pubescence which 

 appears black in most lights; it is moderately coarsely and 

 not densely punctured, fine punctures are distributed over 

 the interstices of the larger ones. Scutellum densely 

 clothed with black tomentum. Elytra abotit as long as 

 the thorax, of a rich ta^vny colour, quite dull from a de- 

 pressed tomentum, and furnished besides this Avith rather 

 stiff depressed concolorous hairs. Hind body narrowed 

 to the extremity, of a tawny-brownish colour, the segments 

 furnished on the upper side with a rather scanty golden 

 tomentum, and Avitli rather numerous, stiff, concolorous 

 hairs. Legs tawny yelloAv ; front coxse a little infuscate. 

 The under surface tawny, with a scanty golden pubes- 

 cence. 



Ega ; one specimen, $, 



5. Staj^hylinus gratus, n. sp. Fulvus, capite thoracc- 

 que cyaneis, fulvo-pubescentibus, scutello fulvo-tomentoso, 

 abdomine segmento sexto nigricante, apice segmentoque 

 septimo testaceo. Long. corp. 7 lin. 



Mas latet. 



Allied to the preceding but very distinct. Antennfe 

 longer than the head, the three basal joints tawny yellow, 

 the rest infuscated; joints 2 and 3 rather short, 3rd longer 

 than 2nd, 4 — 10 transverse, but the 4th narrower than the 

 5th; 11th joint sinuate at the extremity, one angle being 

 pointed. Palpi yellowish. Head small, narrower than 

 the thorax, much narrower than the elytra, narrowed 

 in front, rather coarsely but not densely punctured, 

 with a considerable impunctate space in the middle, 

 shining blue, \y\\h a dark-reddish pubescence of erect 

 hairs. Thorax about as long as broad, the sides a little 

 arched and slightly narrowed in front, coarsely but by no 

 means densely punctiu-ed, Avith a very naiTow smooth line 

 along the middle, shining blue, Avith a long, erect, reddish 

 pubescence. Scutellum Avith a dense fulvous pubescence. 

 Elytra scarcely so long as the thorax, dark taAvny, clothed 

 with a dense concolorous pubescence, and also Avith de- 

 pressed fine hairs. Hind body narroAved to the extremity, 

 reddish-broAvn ; the 5th segment darker at the base, the 



