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elytris postice usque prope apicem gradatim dilatatis. Niger, 

 capite polito, thorace aurato-aeneo splendido, elytris subviola- 

 scenti-nigris subopacis, femoribus quatuor posticis annulo lato 

 rufo, palpis anteimisque piceo-rufis. Caput latiusculum , laeve, 

 fronte lateribus verticeque sparse punctatis. Thorax cordatus, 

 antico rotundatus, post medium valde sinuatim angustatus, ante 

 basin rectus (lateribus parallelis) angulisque posticis rectis (apice 

 obtusis) ; angulis anticis valde declivibus, margine laterali expla- 

 nato-reflexo post medium verticaliter arcuato; supra sparsim 

 punctatus, transversim rugulosus. Elytra postice gradatim am- 

 pliata apice latissime rotundata, acute punctulato-striata , inter- 

 stitiis exterioribus, et versus apicem omnibus, fere planis setifero- 

 punctatis, interioribus magis convexis medioque laevibus, late- 

 ribus tantum plerumque uniseriatim setifero-punctatis. Prester- 

 num medio longe pubescens episteme laevissimo, processo acuto, 

 marginato ; meso- et metasterno ventreque medio laevibus, late- 

 ribus mediocriter punctatis: epistema postica brevia. Antennae 

 articulo 3.*° sparsim longe piloso sequente multo longiori. Palpi 

 (9) apice baud dilatati, compressi, truncati. Elytra basi utrinque 

 depressa margineque brevi et arcuato, humeris mediocriter 

 angulatis. -— Long. 22 millim. 9 . 



Karin Ghecù alt. 1300-1400 m. 



Two female examples. Notwithstanding the distinct (though 

 moderately obtuse) humeral angles, this species would be best 

 placed in the vicinity of C. costiger and nigricoxis, with which 

 it has an evidently close affinity. 



106. Chlaenius Camillae, Gestro, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova (2), 

 VI, p. 108. 



Teinzò. 



This singular species belongs to the group of Chaudoir's Mo- 

 nograph in which the underside of the abdomen is impunctate 

 and the elytral margin is angulated at the humeri. The form 

 of the shoulders is, however, peculiar, for the very broad base 

 of the elytra is not the true base the margin curving strongly 

 inwards long before the true humeral angle, which is situated 



