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Abyssinian M. pectoralis and quadricollis, differing from 

 both of them in the wholly fulvous under surface, and the 

 sparsely punctured prothorax, with outwardly-directed hind 

 angles and very strongly raised anterior margin. The more 

 elongate form, the less convex, differently shaped prothorax, 

 simple £ -tarsi, &c, separate the present species from M. klugi 

 and bicalcarata. 



68. Melyris cyanopectus, sp. n. 



£ . Oblong-oval, rather broad, cyaneous or bluish-green, 

 the legs and abdomen (the tarsi wholly or in part, and the 

 sixth ventral segment in ? , excepted), and joints 1-5 of 

 the antennas, rufo-testaeeous, the outer joints of the latter 

 black ; sparsely, finely pubescent, the hairs on the entire 

 under surface rather long and flavescent, the abdomen 

 fringed with long hairs at the tip, which are fulvous in $ 

 and black in $ . Head small, short, coarsely, closely punc- 

 tate ; antennas short. Prothorax convex, strongly transverse, 

 rounded at the sides anteriorly, sulcate down the middle, 

 and with a sharp, feebly sinuate lateral carina ; the punctur- 

 ing sparse on the disc, coarser, closer, and reticulate at the 

 sides. Elytra broad, subparallel in <$ , somewhat rounded 

 at the sides in $ ; sharply tricostate, the interspaces with 

 four rows of moderately coarse punctures, the lateral 

 margins slightly explanate, crenulate at the apex iuferiorly. 

 Tarsi simple in the two sexes, the claws long, toothed near 

 the tip. 



? . Ventral segment 5 broadly, feebly, arcuate-emarginate, 

 6 narrowly exposed, emarginate at apex ; median lobe of 

 sedeagus stout, rounded at tip. 

 * Length 7^-8^ breadth 3^-4 mm. (<£?.) 



Hab. Arabia, Lahej {Col. Yerbury, in Mus. Brit.: <?), 

 Yemen and La Ache (Dabbene, in Mus. Genoa, iv. 1884 : <$ $ j . 

 Two males and five females, including a pair taken "in 

 copula" by Dabbene. Broader and less parallel-sided than 

 M. klugi, bicalcarata, and M. bicolor, especially in ? ; the 

 head coarsely punctured, the prothorax more transverse, 

 the elytra with the lateral margins more prominent and the 

 costse sharper, the metasttfrnum blue, the tarsi simple in 

 the two sexes. The sharply costate, more coarsely punctured 

 elytra, the coarsely punctate head, and the simple ventral 

 segments 3-5 of £ ■> separate M. cyanopectus from M. versi- 

 color, Chevr. The localities quoted as " Lahej " and " La 

 Ache " are doubtless different spellings of the same name, 



