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thorax sparely punctulate and having on the disk two oblique 

 bronze bands connected behind ; scutellum bronze, punctulate at 

 the base ; elytra closely tessellate with black, finely punctate striate, 

 the striae geminate ; tri-costate on the dorsal part, the costae broad, 

 little convex, very finely but sparingly punctulate ; anterior tibiae 

 bi-dentate outwardly, the teeth remote. Size and general ap- 

 pearance of E. irrorata, differs by the more sparingly punctate 

 prothorax, the aeneous scutellum, the finely yet distinctly punctate, 

 striate elytra, and the broader, little convex, dorsal costae." 

 This species belongs possibly to the genus Micrelaphinis. 



DULCINEA, n. gen. 



Closely allied in appearance to Gametis, and similarly depressed, 

 but differs by the base of the prothorax being straight above the 

 scutellum ; the latter is shorter, broader at the base, and more 

 triangular ; the elytra are plainly bi-costate on each side ; the 

 sternal process is strongly aculeate, and the anterior tibiae bi- 

 dentate outwardly in both sexes ; the basal joint of the hind 

 tibiae is strongly spinose outwardly. 



The only species known to me seems an intermediate form 

 between Elaphinis and Gametis. Owing to its depressed form 

 the latter, however, belongs to a different division. 



Dulcinea levis, Jans., 

 Cist. Entomol., ii., 1868, p. 256. 

 Type. Black, somewhat metallic underneath, opaque on the 

 upper side ; the greatest part of the disk of the prothorax is black 

 with a more or less broad flavescent border in front and on the 

 sides but not in the basal part, that discoidal black part is, however, 

 occasionally divided into spots or patches ; the elytra are flavo- 

 testaceous and have a long, triangular infuscate patch which 

 seems to be the continuation of the prothoracic discoidal one, 

 and the apex of which reaches the median part of the suture, 

 extreme apical part triangularly black. Clypeus very long, slightly 

 sinuous near the base, deeply and very broadly incised at the apex 

 the margin of which is slightly reflexed ; head and prothorax 

 moderately closely punctate, the punctures distinct only in rubbed 

 specimens ; elytra plainly sinuate laterally, bi-costate on each side, 

 striate on the dorsal part, striate punctate beyond, suture acuminate 

 at apex ; sides of abdomen and of metasternum somewhat roughly 

 punctate ; sternal process without suture, projecting somewhat 

 strongly, truncate in front. 



