166 MARTIN JACOBY 



Of this apparently new genus there is only a single speci- 

 men before me, which seems perhaps best to find its place 

 amongst the Nodosfomoi from which and many other genera, 

 the present differs however in having only the posterior tibiae 

 emarginate, this emargination is placed at the inner not outer 

 margin ; the curious femoral appendage is probably peculiar to 

 the male insect only. 



37. Nephixs nemoratus, n. sp. 



Below piceous, the sides of the breast and the femora me- 

 tallic green ; antennse black, the basal joints fulvous ; head and 

 thorax cupreous, remotely punctured ; elytra metallic dark blue, 

 strongly and closely punctured, the interstices costate near the 

 apex. 



Length 3 lines. 



Head nearly impunctate, flat ; eyes notched ; episteme sepa- 

 rated from the face by a transverse depression, cupreous, like 

 the rest of the head ; labrum and palpi piceous ; antennae more 

 than half the lengtli of the body, the lower five joints fulvous, 

 the others black , the second join+ extremely small , the third 

 and fourth elongate, equal, terminal joints slightly curved and 

 inserted at their extreme base into the preceding joint ; thorax 

 twice as broad as long , slightly widened at the middle , the 

 sides rounded and narrowed in front, narrowly margined, the 

 surface bright reddish cupreous, strongly and remotely punctured, 

 more closely at the sides than on the disc ; scutellum metallic 

 green ; elytra metallic blue , the punctuation very strong and 

 arranged in very closely placed semi-regular lines, the interstices 

 somewliat rugose and costate n^ar the apex ; femora metallic 

 green, the posterior ones furnished sn ith some long stiff bristles, 

 their apex with a deep excavation, the lower edge with a long 

 blunt appendage ending in a small point of piceous colour with 

 a metallic bluish gloss ; posterior tibiae deeply emarginate at the 

 inner margin. 



M.* Hcanlain in Burmah ; May 1886. 



