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toso, pedibus testaceis, feinoribus apice nigris, tarsis piceis." — 

 Kiister. 



Stenopterus auriventris, Kiister, K'df. Eur. 23. 96 (1852). 

 Hab. Europe (Sardinia). 



10. Stenopterus melanargyreus, n. s. B.M. 



S. nigerrinms, punctatus; thoracis angulis posticis argenteo- 

 lineatis; scutello, maculis et fasciis duabus corporis subtus, 

 pilis brevibus argenteis sericeis tectis. 



Deep black, bead and thorax finely punctured ; the posterior 

 angles of the latter each with a line of short silvery silky hairs ; 

 scutellum covered with short silvery silky hairs ; elytra black, 

 somewhat paler about the middle, punctured. Under side of 

 breast with silvery spots and lines : under side of abdomen with 

 two silvery silky bands, the basal one widest, especially at the 

 sides ; the ends of these bands are seen from above, where the 

 narrowed part of the elytra leaves the abdomen exposed ; the 

 under side with a short pubescence having a silky lustre in 

 certain lights. 



Length 5 lines. 

 Hab. Port Natal (Coll. Gueinzius). 



11. Stenopterus molorchoides. 



Stenopterus molorchoides, Guerin, Voy. Favorite, Mag. de Zool. 

 1838, pi. 233. f. 2. 



Hab. Chili. 



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118. ODONTOCERA. 



Odontocera, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ii. 546. 

 Stenopterus, p., King. 



1. Odontocera vitrea. 



O. capite et pedibus testaceis, fronte linea longitudinali nigra, 

 vertice linea transversa nigra ; elytris nigro-fusco marginatis, 

 basi albis, disco flavo subaurato et lucido ; abdomine subtes- 

 taceo, a medio ad apicem fusco. 



Odontocera vitrea, Serv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ii. (1833) p. 547. 

 Hab. Cayenne. 



2. Odontocera gracilis. B.M. 



O. cyanea, elytris testaceis seneo-marginatis. 



Stenopterus gracilis, King, Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xii. p. 472. 

 t. 44. f. 7. 



