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G. LEWIS 



dato, ante scutellum biarcuatim impresso; elytris striis 1-3 

 integris, 4 saepe basi abbreviata, 5 brevi, suturali dimidiata, 

 valide impressa, parum obliqua; prosterno bistriato striis 

 ante coxas sinuatis. - L, 3-3^/^ mill. 



Somewhat orbicular in outline , convex , black and shining ; 

 tlie liead, forehead finely punctulate and the semicircular stria is 

 well-marked and complete; the thorax is distinctly punctured 

 laterally, scutellar im})ression feebly biarcuate; the elytra, striae, 

 outer humeral apical and dimidiate, inner wanting, 1-3 dorsal 

 complete, 4 varys being sometimes dimidiate with a basal appen- 

 dage, sometimes complete, 5 apical short and broken in places, 

 suturai apical but reaches the disc and anteriorly is strong and 

 the interstice widens out somewhat; the pygidia are clearly but 

 finely punctulate ; the prosternum , the lobe is distinctly punctate 

 and the striae are sinuous before the coxae and do not join at 

 either end; the mesosternum, the marginal and transverse striae 

 are both complete and finely crenulate; the anterior tibiae are 

 finely denticulate. 



This species closely resembles E. nitidus Lew. , it differs chiefly 

 by tlie form of the suturai stria, by the finer punctuation of the 

 pygidia and by the sinuous prosternai striae. In iiitidus the pro- 

 sternal striae gradually approach one another from the base. 



Hab. Bolama, Portuguese Guinea. 



l*elor«Lx*tis i^ae sp. n. 



Breviter ovalis , nigro-cupreus nitidus ; elytris viridi- 

 coeruleis; fronte obscure punctulata antice impressa; pronoto 

 lateribus punctato ; elytris striis profundis ^ 1-3 geminatis 

 integris, 4 suturalique integra simplicibus ; prosterno striis 

 lateribus interruptis et inter coxas minute foveolato ; tibiis 

 anticis denticulatis. - Long. 4^/^-4 V2 "^Hl- 



Shortly oval, almost black beneath, thorax coppery, elytra 

 greenish blue; the head, impressed before the clypeus, surface 

 finely punctulate with a lateral stria; the thorax, marginal stria 

 complete, punctured laterally, basal edge punctured especially 

 opposite the second third and fourth striae; the elytra, striae deep 

 and strong and somewhat punctate, 1-3 complete and double, 4 

 complete but single, also the suturai, in one example of three 



