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(primo articulo rufo-fusco) nigro-brunneis; thorace mar- 
ginibus antico et postico lateribusque et subtus violaceo- 
b 
ing back in a lobe in the middle ; the disk slightly foveolated 
on each side of the middle, and again in a curved depression 
in front. Scutellum rather large, and coarsely and distinctly 
punctate. The elytra coarsely rugosely punctate. Mesoster- 
um and metasternum villose. 
Rare. One specimen in my collection. 
4. Xystrocera Pascoet. 
Supra viridis; elytris parum flavo intermixtis ; scutello et 
iius fae de tibiis tarsisque fuscis. Affinis X. mar- 
inipenni, differt colore, thorace magis punctato et cipis 
to; scutello minus, elytris fortius punctatis; femoribus 
minus clavatis. 
Long 9 lin., lat. 24 lin. wes 
Allied to the preceding species, but distinguished by the 
colour, which is green above and flavo-rufous beneath. The 
thorax in the preceding species is pale above and darker be- 
neath, and the abdomen blackish brown, and only the meso- 
sternum and metasternum flavous, whilst here the abdomen 1s 
