642 MR. G. C. CHAMPION ON COLEOPTERA [NoV. 18, 



eyes, thickly and finely punctured, the interocular space more 

 coarsely so in front but with a smooth space in the middle behind ; 

 the eyes moderately large, not prominent ; antennae ( $ ) blackish- 

 violaceous, short, extending very little beyond the base of the 

 prothorax, moderately stout, joint 3 twice as long as 2, 4 longer 

 than 3, triangular, 5 very much shorter than 4, 5-10 gradually 

 increasing in width, flattened, subtriangular, 10 transverse, 11 a 

 little narrower but not longer than 10; prothorax transversely 

 subquadrate, moderately convex, the sides almost straight, very 

 little narrowed in front, with a fine but complete lateral carina, the 

 anterior angles prominent but obtuse, the hind angles acute and 

 outwardly directed, the base and apex strongly margined, the surface 

 finely and thickly punctured, a very narrow space down the middle 

 (slightly impressed at the base) smooth ; scutellum very finely and 

 sparsely punctured ; elytra nearly one half broader than and fully 

 four times as long as the prothorax, parallel, exceedingly finely and 

 shallowly puuctate-striate from the base to the apex, the punctures 

 oblong in shape, the interstices smooth and perfectly flat, the 

 shoulders swollen and prominent ; beneath bronze-black, shining, 

 the propleuree, the sides of the meso- and metasternum, and the 

 metasternal episterna rather coarsely punctured, the ventral segments 

 sparsely, obsoletely punctured and aciculate (the fifth more coarsely 

 and more closely punctured) ; prosternum broad, transversely de- 

 pressed before and behind the anterior coxae, and with the apex 

 produced behind but very little raised ; legs blackish-violaceous, the 

 femora reddish-testaceous from near the base to far beyond the 

 middle. 



Length 18, breadth 5g millim. ( $ .) 



One example. This species is chiefly distinguished by its very 

 smooth elytra, prominent humeri, parallel shape, and dull violaceous 

 colour, the femora broadly marked with red. It does not seem to 

 be at all closely allied to any of the described African members of 

 the genus. 



Strongylium auronitens, sp. n. (Plate LVI. fig. 6.) 



Elongate, parallel, of a bright metalhc golden-green colour, with 

 golden-cupreous reflections. Head feebly longitudinally grooved 

 between the eyes, sparsely and somewhat coarsely punctured behind, 

 more finely so in front ; the eyes large and prominent ; antennae 

 moderately long, gradually thickening outwardly, joint 4 much 

 longer than 3, 5 much shorter than 4, 5-8 flattened, but little 

 widened towards their apex (9-11 missing), 1-3 metallic green, the 

 rest bronze-black ; prothorax transversely subquadrate, a little 

 flattened on the disc, the tides almost straight behind, slightly con- 

 verging and somewhat arcuate in front, with the lateral carina fine 

 and only extending from the apex to a little beyond the middle, the 

 hind angles acute and outwardly directed, the base sharply and the 

 apex very distinctly margined, the disc transversely depressed in the 

 middle in front and deeply and somewhat obliquely depressed on 

 either side before the base, the surface coarsely, closely, and irregu- 



