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17% 94 hotlentottus Klug. 
Niger, aenescens, sub-nitidus; elyiris fusco-rufescentibus griseo-nebulosus; 
antennis, palpis et pedibus fusco-picéis, Segmentis abdominalibus subtus nigro- 
aeneis violaceo-micantibus. 
Desc. Medius statura et magnitudine St. murini, aut paulo major, sed 
distinctus, elytris conspicue longioribus etc. Long. 57. 
Caput, majusculum, orbiculatum, modice convexum, thorace fere latius, 
piceo-aeneum flavosericeo-pubescens, tolum confertius et subtile. punctatum, 
excepta linea verticali sub-elevata, glabra, nitida. Oculi mediocres, ovales, 
perparum convexi, nigricantes.  C/ypeus brevis, pallidus, antice rufescenti-mar- 
ginatus. ,  Labrum, nigro-piceum, | flavo -pilosum,.  Mandibulae nigrac.  Palpi 
rufo-picei. 
Antennae piceae, articulis iibus primis nitidis, apice rufo-marginatis, flavo- 
pubescentibus, reliquis opacis, pubescentibus, 
Collum convexum, punctatum, flavo-sericeo-pubescens. 
Thoraz vix latitudine capitis sed paulo longior, antice truncatus, angulis 
rectis, sat acuts, lateribus parallelis, postice rotundatus, supra transversim for- 
nicatus, aenco-piceus, mitidus, creberrime punciatus, dense flavescenti-pubescens. 
medio laevis, nitidus. 
Scutellum nigro-holosericeum. 
Elytra thorace paulo latiora evidenter longiora, postice oblique truncata, 
supra plana, coriacea, subtile punctata, impressis punctisque majoribus quatuor 
obsoletis longitudinaliter positis setigeris notata, in fundo fusco-rufescentia 
griseo-variegata, piceo-flavescenti-pubescentia.  Æ/ae obscure fumosae, 
Abdomen supra nigrum sub-coerulescens, subtiliter punctatum, nigro-pilo- 
sum, pilis depressis, segmentis singulis postice violaceo-cupreis, antice medio 
macula flavo-sericeo-pubescenti notatis, punctisque quatuor majoribus transver- 
sim positis; subtus abdomen nitidum, nigrum, violaceo-cupreo-micans, puncta- 
