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that the posterior tibiae are entirely invisible, and as the other spe- 

 cies before me agrée in every other respect with the genus and hâve 

 a distinct tibial spur, the same is no doubt the case also in the type. 



MYRCINELLA n. gen. 



Oblong-ovate, antennse long and robust, the third and foUowing 

 joints very elongate, thickened at the apex, terminal joints shor- 

 tened; thorax strongly transverse, the sides roanded, the anterior 

 angles oblique, the base with a shallow transverse sulcus not exten- 

 ding to the sides, elytra irregularly punctured, their epipleurae 

 broad and continued, ail the femora strongly incrassate, subangu- 

 late, the anterior tibise unarmed, the posterior ones with a strong 

 spur, tarsi triangularly widened, claws appendiculate, prosternum 

 broad, the anterior coxal cavities open. 



This genus is proposed for the réception of Myrcina spectahilis 

 Baly and M. (Xenalticà) picea Baly both species which hâve been 

 wrongly placed in Myrcina (of which Xenalticà is a synonym) by the 

 author from which genus they diiïer totally in the strongly trans- 

 verse thorax with its rounded sides and the single not double spine 

 at the apex of the posterior tibise, the gênerai shape of the insects 

 likewise differs from that oî Myrcina. Another species is now before 

 me. 



MYRCINELLA MINOR n. sp. 



Fulvous, shining, the antennse (the basai three joints excepted) 

 black, thorax finely and sparingly punctured, the basai sulcus 

 shallow, foveolate at the middle, elytra very finely and closely 

 punctured. 



Fem. Antennse shorts the terminal joints moniliform. 



Length 5 mill. 



Head impunctate, the frontal élévations transverse, strongly rai- 

 sed, clypeus flattened, triangular, rather broad between the antennai, 

 palpi robust, antennse extending to the middle of the elytra black, 

 the lower three joints fulvous, basai joint thickened, second one, 

 short, third slightly shorter than the fourth joint, terminal joints 

 short and flattened; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides rather 

 strongly rounded, the anterior angles obliquely truncate, the sur- 

 face very finely and sparingly punctured, with a shallow transverse 

 sulcus at the base which has a broad fovea placed at the middle; ely- 

 tra with the shoulders prominent, slightly widened posteriorly, the 

 base with a transverse dépression, the surface closely and finely 

 punctured; below and the legs fulvous, the femora robust. 



Hab, Diego Suarez. 



