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smooth, impunctate, obsoletely impressed ou either side with a 

 transverse fovea. Elj-tra narrowly oblong, parallel, distinctly 

 punctured. 



Nacrka, n. g. 



Corpus anguste oblonguni, convexum. Caput exsertum, antennis 

 filiformibus, articulo secundo minuto, tertio (in S) incrassato, 

 compresso. Thorax transversus, convexus, disco trausversim ex- 

 cavate. Elytra anguste oblonga, couvexa, dorso non excavata, 

 confuse subseriato-punctata ; epipleuris planis, fere ad apicem 

 extensis. Pedes mediocres ; coxis anticis contiguis ; tibiis apice 

 inermibus ; unguiculis appendiculatis. Acetabula antica Integra. 

 Type Nacrea maculata. 



The present genus, which has quite the facies of Cero- 

 2)hijs<i, must, owing to the closed anterior acetabula, l)e 

 placed near Agetocera ; from this latter genus it is sepa- 

 rated by the appendiculated claws. 



Nacrea apicijjennis. 



Anguste oblonga, convexa, flava, nitida, scutello elytrorumque 

 apice nigris ; thorace quam longo pauUo latiori, convexo, disco 

 postico leviter transversim bilbveolato ; elytris oblongis, teniiiter 

 subcrebre punctatis. 



(J. Antennarum articulo tertio incrassato, oblongo-ovato, com- 

 presso, utrinque excavate. Ijong. 3] lin. 



Hah. India. 



Clypeus large, transversely convex, obsoletely carinate ; antennae 

 (in the 3') with the basal joint curved, clavate ; the 2nd minute; 

 the 3rd longer, oblong-ovate, compressed and excavated on eitlier 

 side ; the 4th and 5th filiform, each equal in length to the basal 

 one (the rest of the joints in the single specimen before me broken 

 off). Elj'tra oblong, convex, faintly excavated transversely below 

 the basilar space, finely but rather closely punctured. 



Nacrea maculata. 



Anguste oblonga, couvexa, flava, nitida, scutello, pectore, ab- 

 domine, femoribus apice, tibiis tarsisque nigris; thorace quam 

 longo paullo latiori, lateribus vix ante medium angulatis ; disco 

 Isevi, disco postico bifoveolato ; elytris oblongis, convexis, sub- 

 seriato-punctatis ; utrisque apice, macula subbasali prope suturam 

 posita, fasciaque communi, vix pone medium, metallico-purpureis. 



3. Antennarum articulo primo curvato, clavato, secundo 



