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424.— Melobasis apicalis. b. sp. 

 Length 4| lines. 

 Green, subnitid, densely punctate. Head brassy in front and 

 roughly punctate. Thorax transversely punctate, with a short 

 clear space marking the base of the median line. Elytra trans- 

 versely depressed near the base — the depression not extending 

 to the suture — and serrate towards the apex, with the apex and 

 the apical portions of the suture and sides of a bluish purple. 

 Body beneath and legs of a coppery hue, clothed with a short 

 white pubescence. Tarsi green. 



425. — Melobasis obscdra. n. sp. 

 Length 2^ lines. 

 Reddish brown, opaque, densely punctate, and of an oblong 

 oval form. Thorax much broader than the length, broader 

 behind than in front, slightly bisinuate at the base and trans- 

 versely punctate. Scutellum small, oval, depressed and pur^p 

 tate. Elytra transversely impressed near the base, rather flat, 

 of the width of the base of the thorax at the base, minutely ser- 

 rated behind, separately rounded at the apex, and clouded with 

 some dull coppery red patches 



426 — Neocdris Mastersii. n. sp. 

 Length 2f lines. 



Subelongate, black, subnitid, punctate. Head deeply im- 

 pressed between the eyes and of a bluish tinge. Thorax sub- 

 convex, and roundly lobed at the base. Scutellum small, sub- 

 triangular, punctate. Elytra purplish black, striato-punctate — 

 the interstices elevated — with a small yellow spot at the base of 

 the fifth interstice, another on the lateral raargin, and a large 

 round spot of the same colour above the middle of each elytron. 

 The legs, antennae, and underside of body are cyaneous. 



427. — ISTeocuris gracilis, n. sp. 

 Length 1| lines. 

 Greenish black, subnitid, punctate. Head green in front and 

 without frontal impi-ession. Thorax slightly lobed behind, and 



