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elytra violaceous or greenish violaceous; the fifth has the elytra 

 green, the head golden-green, and the prothorax golden- 

 cupreous. In general shape M. /estiva is broader than 

 M. pectoralis ; the prothorax is strongly transverse, much 

 narrowed anteriorly, and more finely punctured on the disc 

 (thus appearing smoother, as shown in Reiche's figures); and 

 the ventral segments are differently coloured in the two sexes, 

 as in M. parallela. The tarsal claws are extremely long and 

 sharply toothed towards the apex. 



64. Melyris fulvipes. 



Melyris fulvipes, Iieiche, in Ferret and Galinier's Voyage Abyssin., 

 Ins. p. 294, t. 18. figs. 3, 3 a (1849) [uec Klug] } ; Gorh. Ann. Mus. 

 Genova, xviii. p. 600 (1883) 2 . 



$ . Ventral segment 5 feebly emarginate, unimpressed, 

 6 bifoveate. 



Hub. Abyssinia 1 {Mus. Brit , Mus. Oxo?i.), woody district 

 from Goundet to Adoua 2 (Raffray, in Mus. Genoa); Soudan, 

 Metammeh (P. Magretti, in Mus. Genua : 22. iii. 1883). 



Of this species there are nine specimens before me — seven 

 from Abyssinia and two from the Soudau. They are green, 

 golden-green, or cseruleous in colour, above and beneath, 

 with the legs and the basal joints of the antennae testaceous ; 

 the head is comparatively narrow ; the prothorax is rather 

 elongate, subcorneal, and has an almost straight lateral 

 carina ; the elytral costte are almost obsolete, being only 

 just traceable, the interspaces quadriseriate-punctate; and 

 the tarsal claws are sharply toothed beyond the middle. 

 The wholly green under surface separates M. fulvipes, Reiche, 

 from M. bicolor, versicolor, and klugi. 



N. African, Mediterranean, and Asiatic Forms. 



a. Ventral segments 3-5 of <$ without linear depressed areas. 

 o 1 . Prothorax and elytra metallic, abdomen and legs 



testaceous. 

 cr. Metasternum testaceous ; joint 1 of intermediate, or 



of intermediate and posterior, tarsi dentiform in J . Nos. 65, 06. 

 b 2 . Metasternum fulvous or metallic ; tarsi simple in tf . Nos. 67, 68. 

 b l . Prothorax, under surface, and legs rufescent, elytra 



metallic or black Nos. 69-71 . 



b. Ventral segments 3-5 of ^ with linear, depressed, ciliate 



areas in d . [Zygia, s. str.J 

 c 1 . Prothorax, elytra, and metasternum metallic, abdo- 

 men testaceous No. 72. 



d l . Prothorax and elytra metallic, under surface testaceous No. 73. 

 e 1 . Prothorax and under surface testaceous,elytra metallic No. 74. 

 /i. Prothorax, elytra, and under surface testaceous ; head 



rostrate No. 75. 



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