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51. Chkeniiis princeps, N. 



C. aureo-viiitlis, scutcllo cupreo, elytiis nigro-viridibus ad basin et 

 infra marglnem viridibus, sutnra nigra, subtus picens, coxis tro- 

 chanteribusque 4 ant. dilutioribus, femoribus trocbantcribusque 

 2 post, testaceis, tibiis tarsisque obscurioribus, ore antennisque 

 brunneis, labro, mandibulis limboque castaneis ; capite obsolete 

 ruguloso, punctulato ; antennis art. 3° quarti prope longitudine ; 

 mcnti dente forti laciiiiis apice rotundatis ; thorace ovato-quadrato, 

 latitudine parum longiore, angiilis ant. subrectis, post, rotundatis, 

 basi fortiter 2-impresso, punctato ; scutcllo canaliculate ; elytris 

 striatis, in striis punctatis, ad strias, prsesertim apicem versus, 

 tcnuiter pilosis. Long. corp. 8 liu. ; lat. 3 lin. 



Specimen singulum f. prope Colombo sub lapidibus cepi. 



A very handsome species, distinguished by its size and com- 

 paratively great breadth. The clypeus is impressed with two 

 setigerous pits near the anterior corners. The labrum is trans- 

 verse, shghtly sinuated in front, narrowed at the base, and has 

 the anterior angles strongly ronuded-ofF. The last joint of both 

 the maxillary and labial palpi is cylindric and truncated at the 

 apex; in the maxillary it is shorter than in the labial ones, in 

 the latter somewhat narrowed at the base and slightly inflated 

 at the middle; both appear slightly compressed at the apex. 

 The elytra are strongly rounded at the apex. The insect has a 

 very strong smell, somewhat like musk, about it. 



52. Chlanius inaleolem, N. 



C capite, thorace scutelloque obscure cupreo-viridi-glaucescentlbus, 

 elytris obscurioribus, pubesceutibus, maculis 2 subapicalibus flavis 

 ornatis, subtus piceus, pedibus testaceis, ore autennisque brunneis, 

 mandibulis limboque castaneis ; capite ad clypei margiuem post, 

 profundius 2-foveolato, punctulato, occipite leviter transversini 

 ruguloso ; antennis art. 3° quarto subrequali vel paulo breviore ; 

 menti dente apice leviter sinuato ; thorace subquadrato, lateribus 

 leviter rotundatis, profundius punctulato atque levissime transver- 

 sim ruguloso, ad basin 2-impresso, parce piloso ; elytris densius 

 pubesceutibus, striatis, in interstitiis 3-8 utrinque ante apicem 

 macula suborbiculari flava ornatis. Long. corp. 6^ lin. 



Specimen singulum m. prope Colombo cepi. 



Also a handsome and rare species, smelling strongly and dis- 

 agreeably of creosote. The head, thorax and scutellum are of a 

 dull bluish-green colour, with a copper reflex from the back ; 

 the elytra are of a blackish-green, pubescent, and adorned with 

 two yellow spots between the middle and apex; these are of 

 irregular rounded outline, and stretch from the middle of the 

 third interstice across to the eighth stria. The fourth joint of 

 the maxillary palpi is subcyliudric, that of the labial ones larger, 



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