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across both elytra 

 (typically) .... jmlchella, Kirby. 

 sp. 4. Brilliant golden testa- 

 ceous, with an oblique 

 green stripe down each 

 elytron ; finely irregu- 

 larly seriate-punctate . vittipemm, n. sp. 

 sp. 5. Elytra with distinct lines 

 of punctures, mostly 

 effaced at the base and 

 apex ; brilliant pale 

 luteous, with dark spots, 

 etc., on the thorax, and 

 dusky patches on the 

 elytra : these latter 

 sometimes absent . . gracilis, Gory, 

 sp. 6. Elytra very distinctly 

 seriate - punctate, the 

 intervals irregular and 

 some of them sub- 

 costiform : metallic 

 dark green, with ir- 

 regular pale yellow 

 stripes, usually inter- 

 rupted behind the 



middle litnrella, Kirby. 



/3.j3. Thorax without pale lateral 

 margins, elytra deeply striate, 

 brick-red : thorax blue-black . rujipennis, Wat. 

 h.l). ( $ ) Sutural angle of elytra tri- 

 angularly prolonged ; elytra 



strongly costate nitescens, Vigors. 



. ( (^ ) Hind tibife and tarsi very 

 strongly incrassated ; the hind 

 outer claws widened, and sinuate 

 — or broadly toothed — along the 

 lower edge. 

 f. iS) Hind trochanters not pro- 

 longed behind. Elytra nearly 

 smooth, shining castaneous- 

 green ; a testaceous dorsal band 

 — broad and irregular at base — 

 and a marginal, uniting with the 

 dorsal at the apex tibialis, Burni. 



