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punctures, but 9th entirely punctured-shagreened; seven 
dorsal punctures on the 3rd interval. 
Lower side shining, nearly glabrous; prosternal process 
not margined, hastate, with a tuft of setae at tip; pro- 
episterna with some large punctures anteriorly, near the 
internal suture; meso-episterna smooth; meta-episterna as 
wide as long, with numerous punctures ; abdomen punctured- 
shagreened at sides; aedeagus as figured (Fig. 1). 
Figure 1. Epomis loveridgei, n. sp., aedeagus. Figure 2. Chlaenius 
( Platychlaenius ) uzungwensis, n. sp., aedeagus. 
Tanganyika Territory: Bagil, Uluguru Mountains (A. 
Loveridge, IX. 1926). Holotype $ in the Museum of Com- 
parative Zoology (Type No. 28,234). The type is unique. 
This new and remarkable species is allied to Epomis vio- 
laceipennis Chaud., of West Africa and the Belgian Congo, 
by the smooth and convex intervals punctate only against 
the striae, by the same convexity of body, by the prothorax 
little widened anteriorly, and by the absence of a yellow 
elytral margin. It differs from violaceipennis in color of 
head and prothorax, in elytra being more shining, and in 
other ways. The prothorax of the new species is more trans- 
verse, distinctly cordiform, with sides strongly sinuate pos- 
teriorly, and with stronger but more widely spaced punc- 
