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obtuse, the lateral carina sinuous. Elytra long, parallel, 

 tricostate, the interspaces with four or five rows of mode- 

 rately coarse punctures. Tarsal claws with a sharp tooth 

 towards the tip. 



$ . Joint 1 of intermediate tarsi produced at the inner 

 apical angle (fig. 3) ; ventral segment 5 broadly arcuate- 

 emarginate, 6 bi-impressed ; median lobe of sedeagus termi- 

 nating in a short downwardly-curved point. 



Length 7-9, breadth 2£-3£ mm. ( c? ? .) 



Hab. Abyssinia (Mus. Brit.). 



Three specimens, acquired by the Museum in 1876. A 

 form of M. pectoralis, lleiche, with the prothorax dilated 

 and fully as broad as the elytra, and the basal joint of the 

 intermediate tarsi somewhat dentiform, in $ • the ventral 

 segments broadly metallic or infuscate across the middle 

 in $ (the sexes of M. f estiva differing in the same way in the 

 two pairs of that species before me) ; the puncturing of the 

 upper surface not quite so coarse. Amongst the nine 

 species of Melyris already recorded from the same country, 

 M. pectoralis is the only one with which the present insect 

 can be compared. 



62. Melyris quadricollis, sp. n. 



Melyris corrosa, Gorli. Ann. Mus. Genova, xviii. p. 599 (1883) (nee 

 Reiche). 



Elongate, subparallel, slightly widened posteriorly in ? , 

 the head and prothorax subopaque, the elytra moderately 

 shining ; violaceous, cyaneous, or bluish-green, the elytra 

 sometimes wholly greenish, the antennas (except the inner 



Fig. 4. 



Melyris quadricollis, J . 



portions of joints 1 and 5—11, which are black), legs, and 

 abdomen (except the sixth abdominal segment in ? ) rufo- 

 testaceous ; clothed with fine, decumbent, blackish hairs, 

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