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N. rufiventris. — Long. 14 mill. — Oblonga, sat 

 convexa, seneo-metallica, nitida, prothoracis margine postico 

 elytrorumque limbo externo anguste cyaneis, subtu8 viridi-senea, 

 abdomine rufo, seneo-micante, antennis pedibusque fuscis; pro- 

 ihorÄce antice angustato, tenuiter sat dense punctato, margine 

 postico transversim impresso, utrinque puncto magno signato, 

 elytris magnis, tenuiter punctato-striatis, intervallis fere planis, 

 alutaceis. 



N. episcopalis. — Long. 15 mill. — Ovato-elliptica, 

 cupreo-violacea, metallica, subtus violacea, cupreo-tincta, an- 

 tennis brunneis, basi nigris, pedibus nigro-violaceis; capite 

 vix sensim punctulato, prothorace parvo, antice angustato, vix 

 perspicue punctulato, ad marginem posticum transversim sul- 

 cato, eljtris amplis, striato-punctatis, intervallis vix convexis. 



N. intermedia. — Long. 14 mill. — Oblonga, convexa, 

 seneo-metallica, nitida, antennis rufo-testaceis, articulo primo 

 senescente, subtus viridi-senea, nitida, paulo violaceo tincta, 

 elytrorum margine reflexo tarsisque rufescentibus; capite vix 

 punctulato, prothorace transverso, lateribus antice valde ro- 

 tundatis, tenuiter sat dense punctulato, margine postico sulco 

 transverso anguste impresso, utrinque puncto majore signato, 

 eljtris amplis, valde punctato-striatis, intervallis convexis, 

 pedibus seneo fuscis. 



N. parvicollis. — Long. 8 mill. — Oblonga, postice 

 leviter dilatata, fusco-senea, metallica, nitida, ore, antennis, 

 tibiis tarsisque rufescentibus, subtus magis senea; capite ad oculos 

 et antice sulcato, antennarum articulo 8^ quarto paulo Ion- 

 giore, prothorace parvo, Isevi, margine postico intüs sulco re- 

 gulär! impresso, eljtris punctato-substriatis, striis apice ieevi- 

 gatis et attenuatis. 



Lagria senilis. — Long. 1^(2 — ^ ^^i^'* — Oblongo- 

 ovata, parum convexa, fusco-subsenea, nitida, pilis griseis 

 longe hirsuta, capite prothoraceque punctatis, hoc disco fere 

 Isevi, antennis basi testaceis; prothorace brevi, eljtris multo 

 angustiore, eljtris amplis, postice leviter dilatatis, dense punc- 

 tatis, subrugosulis, pedibus sat brevibus. 



L. longipilis. ~ Long. 5 mill. — Ovata, supra pla- 

 niufecula, fusco-senea, sat nitida, capite interdum picescente, longe 

 griseo-hirta, antennis nigro-fuscis basi rufescentibus, apicem 

 versus crassioribus, prothorace capite haud latiore, eljtris 

 dimidio angustiore, lateribus fere rectis, eljtris amplis, subo- 

 vatis, punctato-rugulosis, postice obtuse rotundatis. 



Omnes hae species a Dom. Fred. Bates amicissime com- 

 municalee. 



