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IX. New Chrvsids from Egypt and Algeria. By the Rev. 

 " F. D. Morice, M.A., F.E.S. 



[Read May 3rd, 1916.] 



Parnopes nilotica, n. sp. 



Parva (long. circ. 5-6 mm.) ; capite et thorace viridibus et sparsim 

 subauratis, postscutelli appendice brevissima thoracisque angulis 

 postico-Iateralibus concoloribus, tegulis alarum albidis; abdomine 

 metallescenti-roseo vel cameo, segmentis — vel omnibus (^ ! an 

 semper ? ) vel solum tertio — apicem versus plus minusve vires- 

 centibus : segmenti 3tii parte apicali pallidiore (flavida), lateribus 

 transversim ita impressis ut in medio quasi carinam relinquant, 

 quae tamen carina in disco segmenti non continuatur ; margine ipso 

 scarioso et acutissime inaequaliter multispinuloso : antennis, mandi- 

 bulis (apicibus harum nigris exceptis), ore, pedibus, et ventre 

 flavido-testaceis, genibus vero et parte tibiarum albidis. 



Cavitas facialis albo-pilosa, longitudine sua latior, lateribus (i.e. 

 oculorum orbitis interioribus) fere parallelis. Clypei apex in medio 

 excisus. Pronoti anguli antici in formam spinularum obliquarum 

 excurrentes. Tegulae alarum (ut in hoc genere fieri solet) maximae, 

 punctatae. Postscutelli apex vix mucronatus, sed tuberculo con- 

 colore parum conspicuo munitus. Caput thorax que crasse rugoso- 

 vel reticulato-punctata ; abdomen inaequaliter subtilius punc- 

 tatum. Segmenti tertii partes impressae breviter albo-pubescentes : 

 mesopleurae vero glabrae. 



1 $, 2 $ $, taken by Dr. LongstafT at Khartum, 8-10. ii. 

 1909, and presented by him to the Hope Coll. in Oxford. 



I treat this species as new on the authority of M. Robert 

 du Buysson, who has kindly examined it for me and called 

 my attention to several characters distinguishing it from 

 vareillesi, Buyss., an Algerian form which superficially 

 much resembles it. 



In vareillesi the eyes are much larger, occupying more 

 of the head, so that the face between them is narrower. 

 They are also much wider above than beneath, while in 

 nilotica they are regularly oval. Partly, no doubt, for this 

 reason, the tempora in nilotica appear dilated behind the 



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