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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



depressed, the disc impunctate, flavous ; scutellum triangular, flavous ; 

 elytra metallic bluish-black, the lateral margin flattened and reflexed, 

 flavous, the apex to a slightly broader extent of the same colour ; under side 

 and legs flavous ; tarsi black. 



Easily recognisable by the system of its coloration. 



MoEPHOSPHiERA C^RULEA, n. Sp. 



Flavous ; the head, antennae, tibiae and tarsi black ; thorax with four 

 black spots, minutely punctured; elytra metallic blue, extremely closely 

 punctured. Length 3|- lines. 



Of broadly ovate shape ; the head with a few extremely minute punc- 

 tures, black, with a slight bluish tint, the frontal elevations flattened, 

 trigonate ; antennae extending to the base of the elytra only, black, the 

 lower three joints stained with fulvous, second and third joints small, the 

 third slightly longer, fourth and following joints pubescent; thorax nearly 

 three times broader than long, the anterior margin concave, the sides 

 rounded, anterior angles obtusely thickened, ihe surface extremely finely 

 and rather sparingly punctured, flavous, the disc with four black spots, 

 placed transversely at the middle, at equal distances; scutellum black, 

 shining, elytra metallic bright blue, extremely closely and finely punctured; 

 under side and the femora flavous; tibiae mucronate, black as well as the 

 tarsi, the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the following three 

 joints together, claws appendiculate, anterior coxal cavities open. 



This species nearly resembles in coloration the type M. macii- 

 licolliSj Baly, but in that insect the antennae are as long as the 

 body, the colour of the under side is black, and the elytra are 

 much more strongly punctured; the general size is also much 

 larger. 



Malaxia elongata, n. sp. 



Flavous; the vertex of the head, the antennae and the breast black; 

 thorax strongly punctured, bifoveolate at the sides ; elytra metallic green, 

 finely granulate and pubescent. Length 3 lines. 



Very elongate ; the head rugose at the vertex, the latter black, lower 

 portion of face flavous, the frontal tubercles rather obsolete ; clypeus 

 deflexed anteriorly; antennae extending to the middle of the elytra, black, 

 the lower three joints flavous below, the fourth one-half longer than the 

 third joint; thorax flavous, twice as broad as long, narrowed at the middle, 

 the sides rounded anteriorly, the anterior angles in shape of a small 

 tubercle, the surface rather deeply foveolate at the sides, the centre more 

 shallowy depressed, scarcely punctured, the sides strongly and closely 

 punctured ; elytra very elongate, metallic green, finely granulate and 

 closely covered with very short flavous pubescence ; legs and abdomen 

 flavous ; breast black. 



This is the most elongate and largest species of the genus 

 known to me. 



