some new Species of Sayra, S("c. 249 



Sagra bicolor, Lacordaire. 



" Elongata, nigro-cyanea (vel nigra), opaca ; elytiis purpi'.reis 

 opacis, subtilissime punctato-striatis, striis per paria ali- 

 quantum approximatis." Lacord. Monog. des Phyt. torn. i. 

 p. 55. 



Mas. — Fenioribus posticis elytra valde superantibiis, intus ad 

 basin flavo-tomentosis, subtus ante apicem bidentatis, dente 

 exteriori valido ; supra a medio ad apicem late canaliculatis ; 

 tibiis ejiisdem paris basi arciiatis, deinde sub-rectis, apice 

 leviter mucronatis, basi tuberculo, ante apicem dentibus 

 duobus parvis instructis; abdominis segmento primo longi- 

 tudinaliter vix excavate, crebre punctato, vix tomentoso. 



Sagra Nalalensis, Thorns. Archiv. torn. i. p. 396. 



Long. 7\ — 9 lin. ; var. 6 lin. 



Var. A. — Minor, femoribns posticis elytra panllo superantibiis, 

 subtus j:nte apicem crista brevi bidentata, dente postico 

 valido, munitis ; tibiis ejusdem paris arciiatis, apice sub-mu- 

 cronatis, basi tuberculo, ante apicem dente sub-obsoleto in- 

 structis ; abdominis segmento primo longitudinaliter vix ex- 

 cavato, tenuiter punctato, vage flavo-tomentoso. 



Var. B. — Corpus olivaceum, elytris cupreis, caeteris ut in Var. A. 



Mule. — Hinder pair of thighs elongate incrassate, extending 

 beyond the elytra for about a third of their length, their upper 

 edge deeply channelled along the posterior half; underside armed 

 just before the apex with two teeth, the outer one stout, the inner 

 minute; inner surface hollowed out from the base nearly to the 

 middle, the excavated portion covered with an obovate patch ot 

 coarse yellow pubescence; posterior tibiae curved at the base, 

 their inner edge furnished with a short tubercle, the remainder of 

 their course nearly straight ; apex sub-niucronate, and armed 

 just before the extremity with two short ill-defined lateral teeth ; 

 longitudinal space on the basal segment of abdomen feebly ex- 

 cavated, somewhat closely punctured, vaguely tomcntose. 



Var. A. — One-half smaller; thorax rather narrower, posterior 

 thighs slightly longer than the elytra, the outer tooth on the lower 

 edge replaced by a short bidentate ridge, the posterior tooth of 

 which is longer and stouter than the others ; inner tooth nearly 

 obsolete ; hinder tibiae regularly curved, their inner surface tuber- 

 culate at the base, and furnished near the apex with an indistinct 

 tooth, apex itself feebly mucronate. 



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