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Sp. ] . Cynoglossi. Oblongo-ovata, virescente-cenea, antennarum basi pedlbu^que, 

 anticis obscure rufo-testaceis, femoribus posiicix viridi-ceneis, tibiisfuscis basi 

 appendiculo tarsisque pallidioribus. (Long. corp. l^ lin.) 



Ha. Cynoglossi. Ent. Hefte.—Steph. Catal. 220. No. 2259. 



Oblong-ovate, convex, greenish-brass: thorax punctured, the punctures very 

 fine and somewhat remote : elytra thickly punctured, the punctures disposed 

 in strife: four anterior Zeg-5 dull rufo-testaceous : posterior femora greenish- 

 brass; the hinder tibiae fuscescent, with the base and the appendages, as well 

 as the tarsi paler: antenns fuscescent, with the base rufescent. 



Rare: I possess a single example captured in the neighbourhood 

 of Bristol. 



Sp. 2. occultans. Oblongo-ovata, nigra, supra cwrulescenti-micans, thorace 

 crebre punctata, elytris confirtissime punctata- striatis. (Long. corp. I4: hn.) 



Ha. occultans. Ent. Hefte. ii. 23. pi. 2./. 4.— Ha. exaltans. Kirby MSS?— 

 Steph. Catal. 220. No. 2258. 



Oblong-ovate, black, above ivith a bluish or brassy gloss : thorax thickly punc- 

 tured : elytra very closely and thickly punctate-striate : legs black, with the 

 tarsi piceous : posterior femora large, bluish : antennae dusky-black, with the 

 base ferruginous. 



Also rare : I have once taken a specimen in the neighbourhood 

 of London, but forget the exact locality. 



Genus CCCCL— CuiETOcNEMA* mihi. 



Antennw short, 11-jointed: basal joint robust, curved; second also robust and 

 short; three following rather slender, equal in length, but longer than the 

 second ; the remainder gradually increasing in stoutness, the last being largest, 

 ovate, subacuminate: head prominent, triangular: thorax short, transverse, 

 the lateral margins rounded, the base obsoletely bisinuated : elytra broad, 

 striated : legs stout, short : anterior tibiae simple : intermediate and posterior 

 with a short acute tooth on the middle of the outer margin, furnished pos- 

 teriorly with a fringe of hairs or set£e : posterior /tmora very stout : tarsi all 

 short. 

 Chsetocnema has the antennse short and stout, the body very 



convex, sometimes slightly globose ; the legs robust, especially the 



* X«<rii, scly ; x,r^[j.'/], tiUa. 



