96 heioionthA, 



abdomine per-brevcs, tenues, annulatim dispositx; puri- 

 &a in sulciselytrorurn obsoletissima, cinerasceniia; cur- 

 pus supra opacurn, auf fusco-piceum, aut dilutiui feaü- 

 gineum, 8CC. ■** An ideö genuina? Gyli-enh. 



133) Meioiontha dichboa: ovata glabraC 

 cutanea, supra virescerui-metallico micans, subtil isai- 

 me punftulata, clypeo lato truncato, dbdomine seria- 

 tim piloso. 



Var. ß. dimidio minor, supra dilutius rufo-casta- 

 nea, parum metallico-micaas. 



Habitat in Sierra Leana Africas; Dom. Prof. Af- 

 zelius- Mus. Schönherr. 



M.' variabili plus duplo minor, brevius ovata. FronSr 

 virescenti-cupreo micans nitida, subtiliter punftulata, 

 Vertice sub-lsvi ; clypeus sub-quadratus rubro-cupreus, 

 antice truncatus, angulis rotundatis, confertim V£ l' r °- 

 fundius punäatus, undique reilexo-maiginatus. An- 

 tennae pallide testaceae, claVa elongata. ' Thorax ante- 

 rius paullo angustior, late emarginatus, angülis acutis, 

 literibus parum rotundatus, basi bi-sinuatus, supra mo- 

 dice convexus, saturne castaneus, virescer.ti-metallicö 

 micans, undique Confertissime subtiliter punfiulatus, 

 subtus dilutius rufo-testareus. Scufellum oblongo-trian- 

 gulare castaneum, subtiliter punftulatum. Elytra tho- 

 race qüadruplo longiora & ultra, posterius angustata, 

 apice truncata, supra convexa, saturate castanea, parum 

 virescenti-micantia, anguste Sc tenue striata, obsoletis- 

 sime subtiliter punftulata. Pygidium lato-triangulare 

 teitaceum nitidum, subtilissime pun&ulatum. Feßus 

 ferrugineum nitidum glabrum, confertim Sc profundiu« 

 punftatum; abdomen dilutius testaceum, subtilius SC ob- 

 soletius punftulatum, serie unica transversa epilis bre- 

 vibus concolovibus in singuli segmenti medioornatum. 

 Pedei ferruginei sub-pilosi, femoribus tibiisque posti- 

 cis latis compressis. 



Var. ß, dimidio minor, supra dilutius rufo-casra- 

 nea nitida, in capite Sc thorace virescenti-cupreo mi- 

 cans, caeterum omni puncto simillima. 



Gyiiinh, 



134) Mhoiohtha muri» a: oblongo-ovata ru- 

 fö-picea, sqüamulis piliformibus cinefeo-albidis varie« 1 

 gata, clypeo sub-retuso, «Iytrii lineif intemiptis nigro-, 

 Tijetitibus ileoudatis. 



