1897.] PHXTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTBBA OF AFBICA. 5-45 



thickened, of nearly equal length, terminal joints scarcely thickened, 

 elongate ; thorax one-half broader than long, the sides perfectly 

 straight, gradually narrowed in front, the angles acute, the pos- 

 terior ones with a long hair, the surface almost subcylindrical, 

 closely and strongly rugose-punctate, the interstices confluent, the 

 punctures round and deep, of greenish aeneous colour ; scutellum 

 subquadrate, seneous ; elytra broader at the base than the thorax, 

 obscure fulvous, with a slight metallic lustre, very feebly depressed 

 below the base, the margins narrowly blackish green, the surface 

 deeply and regularly punctate-striate, the strise rather closely 

 placed, the interstices flat, with a few minute punctures here and 

 there, shoulders prominent, smooth, the sides of the elytra strongly 

 deflexed: underside dark fulvous or piceous, impunctate; prosternum 

 narrowed between the coxae, smooth; legs flavous, unarmed, posterior 

 femora with an extremely small tooth ; claws bifid ; anterior margin 

 of the thoracic episternum strongly rounded. 



Hah. Madagascar, Diego-Suarez". Coll. M. Alluaud and my own. 



iTONGrUS ABBREVIATES, n. Sp. 



Pale testaceous, antennae \vith the intermediate and the apical 

 joints black ; thorax fusco-seneous, finely punctate ; elytra punctured 

 below the base only, the sutural and lateral margins and a short 

 stripe at the middle greenish-aeneous. 



Length 1| line. 



Var. Thorax and underside pale fulvous, elytral stripe absent. 



Head with a few fine punctures, the clypeus not separated from 

 the face ; eyes oblong, widely separated, narrowly notched ; antennae 

 extending to the middle of the elytra, rather slender, testaceous, 

 the sixth and seventh and the apical three joints black, second 

 joint as long as the third but much thicker, terminal joints slightly 

 thickened ; thorax nearly twice as broad as long at the base, 

 narrowed in front, the sides nearly straight, the anterior angles 

 slightly produced, posterior margin broadly rounded at the middle, 

 the surface very finely and sparingly punctured, dark fulvous or 

 fuscous with a metallic aeneous lustre ; scutellum transverse, aeneous ; 

 elytra subcylindrical, with a shallow depression below base, nearly 

 impunctate, except below the basal portion, where some short rows 

 of deep punctures are placed, the one within the shoulder 

 extending to the base, the others all abbreviated, traces of rows of 

 very fine punctures are also seen under a strong lens at the pos- 

 terior portion, the suture and lateral margins narrowly greenish 

 aeneous, a similar coloured short longitudinal stripe is also placed 

 at the middle of each elytron, the rest of the surface is pale 

 testaceous as well as the underside and legs ; femora unarmed, tibiae 

 emarginate, claws bifid. 



Hab. Madagascar. 



In the variety the elytral spot is absent, the thorax as well as 

 the underside is of a darker colour than the rest of the body and 

 without metallic gloss. I received three specimens from M. Don- 

 kier of Paris. 



