1892.] of the Goleoptera of South Africa. 29. 



4. Labrum convex, tri-denfced at the tip ; elytra narrow with the 

 shoulders rounded, very convex, each wing-cover singly rounded 

 behind, serrated and ending in a short spine. Prodotes. Thorns. 



Sub-genus EURYMORPHA. Hope. 



The Coleopter. Manual, 11, 1838, p. 160. 

 C. (E.) CYANiPES. Hope. 



Coleopt. Manual 11, 1838, p. 160, pi. 1, fig. 4. 



E. MouFFLETi. Fah-m. 



Ann. Franc. 1856, p. 95. 



E. BoHEMANi. Bohem. 



Ofv. Vet. Ac. Forh., 1860, p. 4. 



pi. II., fig. 4, 



Metallic green, or brassy, shining on the upper part ; very dark 



blue, almost black on the underside ; basal articulations of the 



antennae, head, prothorax, sides of pectus, (even transverse folds 



of the abdomen) and legs covered with dense, white, decumbent hairs ; 



labrum green, or brassy, bi-impressed at the base, tri-dented in the 



centre ; the central tooth long, the anterior margin with four 



setigerous punctures on each side of the median tooth ; antennge with 



the basal joints very hairy, the seven apical ones short, slightly 



compressed ; head punctulated, strigose between the eyes j prothorax 



broader than long, impressed longitudinally in the centre and 



transversely at base and apex, with the apical and basal angles very 



acute, almost spinose ; elytra broader than the prothorax, bi-sinuated 



at the base for the reception of the sharp angles of the prothorax, 



gradually ampliated from the shoulders to the middle and very little 



attenuated behind ; very slightly convex, with a depression behind on 



each side of the suture ; closely but faintly punctured and with a 



series of four or five larger punctures, often ill-defined, on each side ; 



posterior margin very finely serrated ; sides of the pectus and femora 



thickly covered with white hair ; abdominal segments with a 



transverse fringe of white hairs. 



Length, 11-15-; width, 6-7™*'"- 

 Walfish Bay. Sandwich Harbour. 



