418 ]Mr. H. W. Bates's descriptions of 



medio panim dilatato lajvi, postice foveolis rlispersis rotundis 

 perforate: elytris subtilissime punctulatis subopacis, sutura 

 nitida, vitta lateral! obscnra violacea : femoribus omnibus basi, 

 tibiis 4 anticis, posticisque medio, flavis. Long-. 6 lin. 

 Lagos, Guinea 



Apparently allied to Euporus amabilis, (Hope)., in wliicli, 

 however, the femora are described as " cyaneis," and no mention 

 is made of the yellow colour of the greater part of the length. 

 His species, moreover, may be a true Eupor}is. 



Prosyne tenelhis. 



Gracillimus, viridi-feneus, pedibus posticis antennisque clialy- 

 beis, femorum quatuor auteriorum clavis rufis: capite anticc 

 elougato-augustato, grossissime confei'tim, occipite sparsim, punc- 

 tato: thorace valde elongato, fere cyliudrico, antice et postice 

 modice constricto, supra sparsissime (antice siibtilius postice 

 grossius) punctato: scutello aurato, lasvi: elytris subtiliter creber- 

 rime punctulato basi sublaevi nitido: autennis (?) gracilibus sed 

 corpore brevioribus, articulis 7-11 tantum multo abbreviatis. 

 Long. 5 lin. 9 • 



Lagos, Guinea. 



Ijwthalia esmeralda. 



Saturate viridis, hand nitida, subtus lajte argenteo-sericea, 

 pedibus rufis nitidis, femorum posticorum clavis, tibiis posticis et 

 antennis, chalybeo-violaceis: capite thoraceque crebre subrugoso- 

 punctalis, hoc medio spatio sul^lfevi, marginibus anticis ct posticis 

 transversim plicatis : scutello lateribus ai'cuatis apice producto : 

 eh-tris coufertim intricate- rugulosis. Long. 8 hn. $ . 



$ Scgmentis ventralibus sex, Gto parvo, 5to apice arcuato- 

 subemarginato. 



North West Borneo (fi-om INIr. Loav's collection. 



Closteropns arrjentatvs. 



C. specioso (Klug) gracilior. Subcyaneo-viridis, metallicus, 

 antennis chalybeis: elytris vehxtinis vitta iitrinque viridi-argentea ; 

 femoribus fencis, tibiis chalybeis, tarsis argenteo-sericeis: corpore 

 subtus argenteo-pubescenti : thorace antice et postice acute 

 sulcato-constricto, dorso valde tuberculato, partihus concavis 

 subtiliter striatis. Long. 6^-7^ lin. $ . 



Cordillera of Venezuela (Goring). 



