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MR. J. BALY ON IfEW SPECIES 



shorter in the $ , six lower joints nitidous, metallic blue, the rest 

 opaque black ; second joint rather shorter than the third in the 

 c? , the latter slightly longer than the fourth ; in the $ the second 

 joint is much shorter than the third, this latter joint being equal 

 in length to the fourth. Thorax subquadrate, scarcely longer 

 than broad, subcylindrical, scarcely constricted on the sides, the 

 anterior angles very slightly prominent, very obtuse ; upper surface 

 opaque, impressed at the base with an oblong fovea. Elytra much 

 broader at the base than the thorax, narrowly obovate and atten- 

 uated from the middle to the apex in the , more oblong and 

 less attenuated posteriorly in the $ ; convex, transversely de- 

 pressed below the basilar space, finely punctate-striate, the striae 

 arranged in double rows, the punctures nearly obsolete over 

 the whole surface of the elytra, being principally visible below the 

 basilar space. 



The male of this beautiful species may be known from its con- 

 geners by its slender elongated hinder thighs ; the female, which 

 is nearly equal in size to the male, and therefore probably fully de- 

 veloped, differs in the absence of the spines on the under surface 

 of the hinder thigh. 



Sagra ferox, n. sp. Elongata, subcylindrica, obscure metallico-oli- 

 vacea, cyaneo tincta, subopaca, antennis obscure metallico caeruleis ; 

 thorace subquadrato, cylindrico, opaco, impunctato, angulis anticis 

 prominulis, obtusis ; elytris thorace latioribus, subelongatis, ad 

 apicem attenuatis, supra convexis, ante medium subnitidis, apicem 

 versus opacis, evidenter punctato-striatis, striis gemellatis, apicem ver- 

 sus fere obsoletis. 



Mas feraoribus intermediis subtus ante apicem spina valida acuta ar- 

 matis ; femoribus posticis corpus valde superantibus, basi fulvo- 

 tomentosis, dorso ad apicem profunde et late canaliculatis, subtus pone 

 medium crista denticulata brevi, et ante apicem spina valida acuta 

 armatis ; tibiis ejusdem paris elongatis, gracilibus, infra basin leviter 

 sinuatis, apicem versus introrsum flexis, extus ante apicem crista ob- 

 longa, intus tuberculo obtuse instructis. Long. 9\ lin. 

 Hah. South Africa, E-ibe. 



Antennae nearly three fourths the length of the body ; the 

 third and two following joints oval, nearly equal in length. 

 Thorax rather longer than broad, its anterior angle only slightly 

 produced, very obtuse ; above cylindrical, opaque, impunctate. 

 Elytra much broader at the base than the thorax, subelongate, 

 attenuated from behind the middle to the apex ; above subcyliu- 



