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toso, pedibus testaceis, femoribus apice nigris, tarsis piceis." — 

 Kiister. 



Stenopterus auriventris, Kiister, Kaf. Eur. 23. 96 (1852). 

 Hab. Europe (Sardinia). 



10. Stenopterus melaxargyeeus, n. s. B.M. 



S. nigerrimus, punctatus ; thoracis angulis posticis argenteo- 

 lineatis; scutello, maculis et fasciis iluabus corporis subtus, 

 pilis brevibus argenteis sericeis tectis. 



Deep black, bead and thorax finely punctured ; the posterior 

 angles of the latter each with a line of short silvery silky hairs ; 

 scutellum covered with short silvery silky hairs ; elytra black, 

 somewhat paler about the middle, punctured. Under side of 

 breast with silvery spots and lines : under side of abdomen with 

 two silvery silky bands, the basal one widest, especially at the 

 sides ; the ends of these bands are seen from above, where the 

 narrowed part of the elytra leaves the abdomen exposed ; the 

 under side with a short pubescence having a silky lustre in 

 certain lights. 



Length 5 lines. 

 Hab. Port Natal (Coll. Gueinzius). 



11. Stenopterus molorchoides. 



Stenopterus molorchoides, Guerin, Voy. Favorite, Mag. de Zool. 



1838, pi. 233. f. 2. 

 Hab. Chdi. 



118. ODONTOCERA. 



Odontocera, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ii. 546. 

 Stenopterus, p., Klug. 



1. Odontocera vitrea. 



0. capite et pedibus testaceis, fronte linea. longitudinali nigra, 

 vertice linea transversa nigra ; elytris nigro-fusco marginatis, 

 basi albis, disco flavo subaurato et lucido ; abdomine subtes- 

 taceo, a medio ad apicem fusco. 



Odontocera vitrea, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ii. (1833) p. 547. 

 Hab. Cayenne. 



2. Odontocera gracilis. B.M. 



O. cyanea, elytris testaceis acneo-marginatis. 



Stenopterus gracilis, King, Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xii. p. 472. 

 t. 44. f. 7. 



