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subaureo-aeneus, subtus niger; capite mediocri, oblongo, 

 oculis paulo prominulis, griseis; thorace capite vix latio- 

 re, oblongo, ovato, anguste marginato, postice angusta- 

 to, medio linea, basique utrinque profunde impressis, an- 

 gulis posticis obtusis; elytris thorace fere duplo latiori- 

 bus, ovatis, splendidis, vix distincte punctato - striatis, 

 dorso leviter deplanatis, foveolis nullis, margine solum 

 grosso-foveolato. Long. 4V 5 1. — lat. elyt. l 3 / 5 1. 



Caraccas. 



Omiaslus aeneus Motsch., statura precedenti sed 

 duplo minor, elytri s distincte striatis; ovatus, con- 

 vexus, nitidus, supra aeneus, subtus infuscatus, pedibus 

 piceis, palpis, antennis tarsisque ferrugineis; thorace ob- 

 longo, ovato, anguste marginato, basi utrinque arcuatim 

 impresso, angulis posticis obtusis; elytris thorace dimi- 

 dio latioribus, ovatis, subpunctato-striatis, interstitiis pla- 

 nis, 3-o postice unifoveolato, 8-o foveolis nonullis in- 

 structo. Long. 3% 1. — lat. elyt. 4,V 4 V. 



Venezuela. 



Omiaslus? mauroaencus Motsch., statura Hispali sed 

 angustior et magis elongatus, subaeneus; oblon- 

 gus, subconvexus, mediocri nitidus, supra nigro - subae- 

 neus, subtus niger, palpis, antennis, tibiis tarsisque rufo- 

 piceis; capite triangulare, oculis vix prominulis, nigris; 

 thorace capite paulo latiore, subquadrato fere transverso, 

 postice leviter angustato, medio sulcato, basi utrinque 

 impresso, angulis posticis paulo obtusis, elevatis; elytris 

 thorace 4 / 3 latioribus, subovatis, subpunctato-striatis, in- 

 terstitiis planis, 3-o foveolis magnis tribus, 8-o nonullis 

 instructis. Long. 2 2 / 3 1- — lat. elyt. 1 1. 



Cap de Bonne-Espérance. 



