970 MARTIN JACOBY 



Of broadly ovate shape , the head more or less testaceous, 

 with a large black spot on the vertex, the latter finely rugose, 

 the antennae extending to two-thirds the length of the body, 

 black , pubescent , the fourth joint longer than the third , the 

 latter one half longer than the second joint ; thorax about one 

 half broader than long , the sides rounded before the middle , 

 straight at the base, the surface feebly impressed at the sides 

 and at the middle, very finely punctured and rugose and spa- 

 ringly pubescent, scutellum broad, elytra much broader at the 

 base than the thorax, rather convex, distinctly punctured, the 

 interstices rather strongly rugose and wrinkled and clothed 

 with long whitish pubescence, their epipleurae continued below 

 the middle ; underside black, the femora obscure testaceous, tibiae 

 unarmed , the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the 

 following two joints together, claws bifid, the anterior coxal 

 cavities open. 



Garin Gheba; Garin Ghecù. 



This species almost entirely resembles G. melancholica, Jac. 

 but may be distinguished by the slender, not robust antennae 

 and the more or less testaceous head and femora, these latter 

 are of the same colour in all the specimens before me, but the 

 head and thorax in some is nearly entirely black ; it is probable^ 

 that those specimens in which these parts are testaceous are 

 immature ; G. mdanchoUca has also a longer and more subqua- 

 drate thorax and entirely black legs. 



138. Cyxxorta violacea , n. sp. 



Black below , above violaceous-blue , the thorax impunctate 

 with two deep foveae, elytra narrowly elongate, nearly impunc- 

 tate. 



Length 2 lines. 



NarroM'ly elongate, the head impunctate, bluish or greenish, 

 the frontal tubercles strongly raised, nearly contiguous, bounded 

 behind by a deep transverse groove, the clypeus concave, its 

 anterior margin slightly emarginate at the middle, the labrum 



