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minutely foveafce in the centre of the base, with the sides of a 

 fiery copper colour. Scutellum small, subglobular and smooth. 

 Elytra transverselj^ rugose, with the apex separately rounded and 

 somewhat dehiscent. Legs viridi-^neous. 



428. — Anthaxia obscora. n. sp. 



Length 2^ lines. 

 Brownish or greenish black, opaque, subgranulate, shallowly 

 and densely punctate. Forehead viridi-eeneous, clothed with 

 white hair. Thorax twice as broad as the length, truncate 

 behind, and emarginate on the sides near the posterior angles. 

 Scutellum small, elongate, subtriangular, not pointed. Elytra of 

 the width of the thorax at the base, and separately rounded at 

 the apex, with a distinct transverse line at the base, some shallow 

 ■indistinct depressions near the base, and a fine stria on each side 

 of the suture. 



429. — Anthaxia cupkipes. n. sp. 



Length 4 lines. * 



Greenish black, snbopaque, punctate. Forehead clothed with 

 whitish pubescence. Thorax nearly twice as broad as the length, 

 roundly and broadly lobed in the middle of the base, with a 

 small fovea marking the base of the median line. Scutellum 

 small, cordate, pointed at the apex and punctate. Elytra trans- 

 versely marked at the base, finely serrated on the sides 

 posteriorly, and rather acutely roundly at the apex. Under side 

 of body very brilliant, green in the centre, and cupreous on the 

 sides and apex. Legs of a coppery red. 



430. — Anthaxia purpubeicollis. n. sp. 

 Length 2| lines. 

 Black, subopaque, punctate. Forehead clothed with white 

 pubescence. Thorax purple, subnitid, lobed at the base, with a 

 minute fovea in the extremity of the lobe. Scutellum subtrian- 

 gular, punctate. Elytra bisinuate at the base, transversely 

 depressed near the base, acutely rounded and dehiscent at the 



