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Long. corp. lin. 7* Eat. Elytr. lin. 3i. 



Caput obscure-viride, sericeo-punctulatum pilis 

 longis obsitum. Labrum nitide cyaneum. Mandi- 

 bulaenigrae. Antennae articulis basalibus albo-pilosis 

 Palpi viridi-nigri albo pilosi. Thorax transversus, 

 lateribus parallelis angulis posticis truncatis, sericeo- 

 punctulatus, albo pilosus. Pedes eyanei albo pi- 

 losi. Elytra viridia subnitida, dilatata, submar- 

 ginata, ad humeros impressa sub lente punctis 

 minutissimis distantibus, serieque punctorum ma- 

 jorum in lineam, versus suturam, ornatis. 



The locality of this insect is unknown ; I suspect 

 that originally it was brought from Madagascar, 

 It is now deposited in the collection of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society. 



k OXYCHEILA BlSIGNATA, Gufoill. 



Subviolacea elytris macula magna rubra in medio 

 elytrorum ornatis. Caput violaceum oculis tes- 

 taceis. Thorax bilobus. Elytra (macula insequali 

 rubra ad suturam, at ad margines haud extensa,) 

 parallela ad apicem, rotundata et nigro-violacea. 

 Corpus subtus nigrum pedibus concoloribus. Ha- 

 bitat in agro Surinamensi. 



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