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less narrowed at the base, less angular at the sides ; rather 

 more strongly but a little less closely punctured. The elytra 

 are rather strongly but obscurely punctured ; much less 

 suddenly deflexed at the sides, with no distinct sublateral ridge 

 except at the shoulder. 



Length 17 millim., width 8 milliin. 



Hob. Cape of Good Hope {R. Trimen). 



Myoderma ruja, n. sp. 



Near to M. ahttacea, but rather more robust and more convex. 

 Red, clothed with red pubescence, the sterna and legs black. 

 The front margin of the clypeus is a little less prominent 

 in the middle. Thorax more convex, very closely and rather 

 more strongly punctured ; the sides more rounded, not sinuate 

 before the hind angles, which are consequently more obtuse. 

 The eostte of the elytra are broader and more strongly punc- 

 tured ; the pubescence is finer. The anterior tibise are rather 

 broad, with three strong acute teeth. All the underside of 

 the insect is closely and rather strongly punctured. 



Length 13-14 millim. 



Hob. Zulu. 



Buprestidae. 



Chrysodema occulta, n. sp. 



.^Eneo-viridis, aureo-viridi-puuctata, nitida ; thorace linea uicdiana 

 distincta, lateribus impressione magna cuprascenti ; elytris multi- 

 costatis, costia basi obsoletis, interstitiis fortiter punctatis. 



Long. 14-15 lin. 



The thorax has the large golden-coppery impressions 

 bounded on the outside by a straight ridge, somewhat as in 

 C. radians, but sharper. Each elytron has eight costaB, of 

 which the alternate ones are somewhat indistinct, and none of 

 the costee are distinct at the base. Behind the middle, 

 between the fourth and sixth costaj, there is a rather indistinct 

 golden impression. The usual apical golden impressions are 

 very narrow. 



This species is very near to C. Jansoni, Deyr., and is 

 difficult to distinguish by the upper side. The thoracic 

 impressions are rather more clearly defined. The elytra have 

 no impression before the middle, and the apical longitudinal 

 impressions are much narrower. 



The apical segment of the abdomen in the female in C. 

 Jansoni has a small but rather deep incision at the apex, the 



