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cupreous, clothed witli white pubescence, the clypeus deeply tri- 

 angularly emarginate, labruni trigonate, smooth, with a few punc- 

 tures at the anterior edge, eyes nearly entire, antennae fulvous, the 

 terminal joints thickened, the basal one stained with cupreous above, 

 third joint one half longer than the second one, thorax about one 

 half broader than long, rounded and widened at the middle, the disc 

 swollen, obsoletely transversely depressed anteriorly, finely and closely 

 punctured with lateral and a central (more or less distinct) bands of 

 white hairs, scutellum subpentagonal, pubescent ; elytra wider at the 

 base than the thorax, the shoulders angulate, the base with a very 

 feeble transverse depression, clothed with rather long white hairs 

 which form two more or less distinct transverse or ring-shaped bands 

 below the base and a spot near the apex, the latter also strongly 

 pubescent, below and the legs likewise clothed with white hairs, the 

 anterior and posterior femora strongly dilated and with a strong 

 tooth, intermediate tibiae less strongly toothed, tibiae and tarsi fulvous, 

 claws bifid. 



Hob. S. Africa, Dunbrody (Bcv. (7 Mil). 



This species seems allied to M. perringucyi, Lefev., but 

 differs in the fine and close punctuation of the thorax and 

 elytra, in the feeble depression of the latter, and in having 

 the entire tibiae and tarsi of fulvous colour. In specimens 

 which are not rubbed, the pubescence is dense and obscures 

 the sculpture, and the bands or spots formed by the white 

 pubescence can only just be made out. I have received five 

 specimens from the Rev. O'Neil. 



Macetes ornatipennis, sp. n. 



Below black with aeneous gloss, thorax with elongate punctures, 

 black, sparingly pubescent, elytra finely punctate-striate, purplish, 

 the sides with a narrow golden cupreous band ; femora scarcely 

 visibly toothed. 



Length 4 millim. 



Head rather strongly and moderately closely punctured, black, 

 sparingly pubescent, the sides of the clypeus raised, the anterior 

 margin semicircularly emarginate, the antennae with the lower six 

 joints fulvous, the following three piceous (the last joints wanting); 

 thorax twice as broad as long, strongly narrowed anteriorly, the sides 

 Forming an obtuse angle near the base, the disc obsoletely transversely 

 depressed anteriorly, black, the anterior margin metallic greenish, 

 the surface rather remotely impressed with elongate punctures, spar- 

 ingly pubescent, scutellum broad, pubescent, blackish, elytra slightly 



