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anteriorly, with the hind angles rounded and somewhat 

 raised, and the surface sculpture finer, and the head longer 

 and smoother. 



31. Melyris masaiensis, sp. n. 



$ . Elongate, subparallel, the upper surface opaque, caeru- 

 leous, the lower surface brilliant metallic green ; the 

 antennae (except the rufescent portions of joints 1-1) and 

 tarsi, and the tips of the femora, black, the tibiae green, 

 the rest of the femora, the trochanters, and anterior coxae 

 testaceous, the wings bluish ; sparsely pubescent, the apex of 

 the abdomen with long blackish hairs. Head rather narrow, 

 somewhat elongated anteriorly, alutaceous, and densely 

 punctulate and reticulate, smoother in front ; antennae short. 

 Prothorax transverse, arcuately narrowing from the base ; 

 densely punctulate and reticulate, the median channel shallow, 

 the lateral carina sharp, sinuate, reaching the obtuse hind 

 angles. Elytra long, subparallel, much wider than the 

 prothorax; alutaceous, tricostate, the interspaces with 4-5 

 rows of rather fine punctures. Beneath closely, finely punc- 

 tate ; ventral segment 5 transversely excavate in the middle, 

 6 cleft. Tarsal claws long, toothed beyond the middle. 



Length 10-101 breadth 3f-4£ mm. 



Hab. E. Africa, Keborr Forest, alt. 6000 ft., and Narok, 

 both in the Masai Reserve (Capt. A. 0. Luckmun: 23-30. i. 

 1914). 



Two females. A form of M. alluaudi, Pic ( = monticola, 

 Gahan), with a less rugose head and prothorax, the head a 

 little narrower, and the upper surface of the bod}' less 

 shining. The black tibiae and the less rugose prothorax 

 with obtuse hind angles, separate M. masaiensis from 

 M. nobilis, Gerst. 



32. Melyris luckmani, sp. n. 



Elongate, subparallel, rather convex ; the upper surface 

 opaque, green, the lower surface shining, green or bluish- 

 green ; the antennae (except the rufescent portions of joints 

 1-1) and tarsi, and the extreme apices of the femora, black 

 the tibiae green, the rest of the legs testaceous or fiavescent, 

 the tibiae usually green on their outer edge, the wings blue ■ 

 finely pubescent, the apex of the abdomen with long blackish 

 hairs. Head short, rather broad, densely punctulate and 

 reticulate, the eyes prominent ; antennae short, joints 5-10 

 very broad. Prothorax transverse, gradually narrowed from 

 the base, convex on the disc and somewhat broadly flattened 

 along the sides, the hind angles obtuse; densely punctulate 



