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fulvous, the last five joints black, strongly thickeued ; thorax more 

 than twice as broad as long, the sides slightly rounded, the 

 anterior angles oblique, the posterior margin obliquely shaped at 

 the sides, but scarcely siuuate, the surface finely and moderately 

 closely punctured, the punctures slightly elongate in shape, 

 especially so at the sides ; scutellum small, black ; elytra longer 

 than broad, metallic blue, rather more strongly punctured than 

 the thorax, the punctures arranged in double rows near the 

 suture, more irregularly at the sides, the interstice impuuctate : 

 uuderside and the posterior femora dark blue, the other legs and 

 the tibiae fulvous ; prostei-num longer than broad. 



Hob. Mozambique, Eikatia (Junod). 



Of this small species, principally distinguished by the system of 

 coloration, a single specimen is contained in my collection. 



SpHjERODERMA HOTJE, U. Sp, 



Black, the anteunse and the legs fulvous; thorax very finely 

 punctured ; elytra more strongly, but not closely punctate-striiite, 

 the strife here and there in pairs ; posterior femora black. 

 Length \\ line. 



Head impuuctate, the frontal tubercles very narrow and 

 oblique; carina very short; the clypeus, labruin, and palpi 

 fulvous ; antennae nearly extending to the middle of the elytra, 

 fulvous, the second joint scarcely shorter than the third, the fourth 

 and following joints gradually but rather strongly widened ; thorax 

 twice as broad as long, the sides nearly straight, obliquely narrowed 

 towards the apex, the basal margin sinuate at the sides, broadly 

 produced at the middle, the surface rather closely and vei'y fiuely, 

 but not evenly, punctured ; scutellum smooth ; elytra with rows 

 of stronger punctures not very regularly placed, the rows them- 

 selves rather widely separated, those at the sides arranged partly 

 in pairs, the extreme apex of each elytron obliquely shaped, their 

 epipleurse deeply concave, impuuctate ; legs fulvous, the posterior 

 femora black ; prosternum subquadrate, narrowed at the middle, 

 with a few punctures ; metasteruum deeply punctured ; abdomen 

 sparingly pubescent, distinctly punctured, the last segment of the 

 male with a longitudinal central groove. 



Eah. Madagascar, Diego-Suarez (C7t. Alluaud). 

 Differing from most of its allies in the black colour and the 

 fulvous antennae and legs. 



EuGONOTES, n. gen. 



Narrowly parallel, pubescent; head rather deeply inserted, eyes 

 comparatively large, frontal tubercles absent ; clypeus broad, not 

 separated from the face ; palpi but little thickened ; antennae 

 closely approached, slender, longer than the body in the 

 male, the second and third joints nearly equal, the others very 

 elongate ; thorax subquadrate, without depressions ; elytra 

 punctate-striate and pubescent; posterior femora strongly 

 incrassate, their tibiffi widened at the apex, not sulcate, with 



