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1. Promeces Kraussii, n. s. B.M. 



p. laete viridis, thorace punctigero, dorso bi-impresso ; femoribus 

 quatuor anticis clavato-incrassatis ; femoribus posticis elon- 

 gatis compressis. 



Shining green, thorax smooth, with scattered punctures and 

 two obhque impressions on the back ; femora of four anterior 

 legs clubbed and suddenly thickened ; femora of hind legs elon- 

 gated and gradually thickened and slightly compressed ; under 

 side slightly pubescent. 



Length 9^ lines. 

 Hab. Port Natal (Coll. Krauss). 



2. Promeces viridis. B.M. 



Promeces \4ridis, Dej. Cat. p. 349. Chevr. Coll. 

 Hab. S. Afi-ica. 



3. Promeces claviger. 



Cerambyx claviger, Dahn. Schcenh. Syn. Ins. i. 3. App. p. 155. 

 Hab. ? 



4. Promeces longipes. B.M. 



Saperda longipes, Fabr. Mant. Ins. i. 148. 

 Callidium longipes, Oliv. Col. iv. 28. t. 1. f. 3. 

 Leptura linearis, L. Syst. Nat. ii. 641. 

 Cerambyx fusiformis, Degeer, Mem. vii. 657. t. 49. f. 7. 

 Cerambyx viridis, Schall. Act. Hal. i. 295. 

 Cerambyx virescens, Gmel. Syst. Nat. iv. 1858. 

 Promeces longipes, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iii. 27. 

 Hab. S. Africa. 



5. Promeces chalybeatus, n. s. B.M. 



P. chalybeato-viridis ; femoribus apice subito clavatis ; thorace 

 lucido, Isevissimo ; subtus lateribus holosericeis. 

 Steel-blue verging upon green ; all the femora suddenly cla- 



vate at the tip ; thorax shining, very smooth, the sides of the 



abdomen beneath pubescent, with a greyish silky lustrous down ; 



elyti-a thickly and closely punctured. 

 Length 5 to 7 lines. 



Hab. Port Nata (Coll. Krauss). 



6. Promeces Sinensis. B.M. 



Promeces Sinensis, Hope, Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1841, p. 63. 

 Promeces argentatus, Schupp. Coll. Cheer. 

 Promeces subtilis, Guerin, Chevr. 

 Hab. China (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). 



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