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larly coloured allies by the black spot on the upper margin 

 of the femora which is constant in all the specimens before me, 

 the remote punctuation of the thorax and of the elytra, further 

 separates the present species from //. nigricollis Baly and 

 H. unicolor. 



9G. Oedioiiy cliis Tbirnxaniea , n. sp. 



Piceous ; the basal joints of the antennoe , the anterior legs 

 and the thorax llavous ; elytra metallic dark blue, strongly and 

 closely punctured, the extreme lateral margin, obscure llavous. 



Length 1 '/o-^ lines. 



Mas. Head with some deep punctures on the vertex, piceous, 

 the space round the inner margin of the eyes, strongly rugose; 

 the frontal tubercles narrow and elongate, divided, the clypeus 

 transverse with an acutely raised projection at its middle ; 

 antennae extending to about lialf the length of the elytra, lla- 

 vous , the terminal joints fuscous , the third joint double the 

 length of the second and longer than each of the following 

 joints ; thorax twice and a half broader than long , the sides 

 moderately rounded and flattened , the anterior angles slightly 

 produced outwards and thickened , the anterior and posterior 

 margin nearly straight, the surface irregularly and finely punc- 

 tured , the base obsoletely transversely depressed ; scutellum 

 piceous ; elytra strongly and closely punctured, dark blue, their 

 epipleurae and the extreme lateral margin more or less distinctly 

 flavous; underside and the posterior femora piceous ; the four 

 anterior legs and the posterior tibia; fiavous ; the first joint of 

 the posterior tarsi , very short ; claw-joint strongly swollen , 

 piceous tlie prosternum narrowly elongate, slightly raised. 



lihamò, July 1885. 



Tlie male of this species is distinguislied from most of its 

 American congeners ljy the elongate shape of the encarpiii or 

 frontal tubercles which consist of two short elongate ridges 

 whicli are divided by a larger space tlian is usually the case; 

 in tin; female these organs are broader, more blunt and closely 



