$■ MHIOIOKIHA, 



emarginatus, angulis acutis, basi bi-sinuatus, angulis 

 obtusis sub-iotundatis ; supra convexus, obsolecissinie 

 subtiliter punäulatus, punciiscinereo-niicantibus. Scu- 

 tellum oblongo-triangulare acutum, obsoletissime pun- 

 ftulatum. JElytra Jata, thorace quadruple longiora, a- 

 piee sub-truncata, supra convexa, striis regularibus an- 

 gustis ob>olete punßatis exarata, interstitiis latis pla- 

 nis, obsoletissime punftulatis, pundis cinereo-micanti- 

 bus. Corpus subtus in omni varietate rufo-ferrugineum 

 glabrum, confertim putißula tum. Pedes rufo-ferrugi- 

 nti, plut minusvt violaceo- Sc viridi-micantes, postici 

 valde compressi, dilatati. 



In va*. /3, caput nigro-pieeum, violaceo- Sc vhe- 

 scenti-micans. Thorax capiti concolor, lateribus late, 

 inxqualiter ferrugineis. Scutellum piceum. Elytra ni- 

 gro-picea, pro vario situ violaceo, purpureo-cinertoque 

 pulcherrime resplendentia. Pygidium 4c corpus totuin 

 subtui rufo-ferruginea, peftore purpureo-micante. Pe- 

 des corpori concolores, sed saturatius meo- virescenti- 

 8C violaceo-tinßi. 



In va», y, Caput piceum vireseonti-mieans, fiont* 

 ferrugineo-variegata ; thorax rufo-l'errugineus, maculis 

 s 5 vel 7 fuscis, virescenti-tinßis, saepe obsoletis; elytra 

 jufo ferruginea, margine laterali apiceque latius, sutu- 

 ra anguste fusco-virentibus; p«de» fenuginei, virescen- 

 ti-micante«. Gh.li.kh.' 



i?6) Me toto nth a carinata: brevifer ova- 

 <a convexa, supra nigro-picea opaca, cinereo varians, 

 capite nitido, clypeo angustato, carinato, apice triden- 

 tato, elytris vix striatis. 



Habitat in Sierra I.eona Africa?, Dom. Prof. Af- 

 zclius- Mui, Schönherr &i Gyllenhal 



Statura omnino Sc similitudo M. versicoloris, sed 

 plerumque paullo, imo diinidio minor. Caput Sc cly- 

 peus nigro-picea nitida, confertirn punflulata, fronte in- 

 ter oculo«s transversim elevata; clypeus a fronte carina 

 elevata transversa distinftus, antrorsum valde angusta- 

 fus, apice denticulis tribus aeutis armatus; in medio di- 

 sci carinula longitudinalis vel tuberrulum oblongum 

 elevatum. Antennü 1 fusco-feirugineae, basi pilosae. 

 Thorax brevis, anterius angustior, late et sat profunde 

 emarginatus, angulis rotundjtis, basi sub-sinuatus , 

 angulis ohfusis , supra Valde convcrxüs, niger opaCUR, 

 certo cinfereo.renittns , vix vUibiliter punftulatus. 



