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M E L O li O N T H A* 
abdomine per-breves, ten ues, annulatim disposit^ ; pun- 
da in sulcis ely trouum obsoletissima, cinerascentia; Cor- 
pus supra opacum, auf fusco-piceurn, aut diiutius teiiu- 
glneum, Sec. — An ideo genulnap Gyllenh, 
133) Meeoeonth^^ dichroa: ovata glabra 
castanea, supra virescenti-metaliico micans, subtil >ssi- 
me pundulata, elypeo lato truncato, abdomine seiia- 
tim piioso. 
Var. / 3 . dimidio minor, supra dilutius ruTo-casta- 
nea, paium metailico-micans. 
Habitat in Sierra Leona Africce ; Dom. Prof« Af- 
zeliuS‘ Mus. Schönherr- 
M* variahili plus duplo minor, brevius ovatn« Frons 
virescenti-cupreo micans nitida, subtiiiter [urdulata, 
vertice sub*-laevi ; elypeus sub-quadratus rübro-cuprtus, 
antice truncatus, ' angulis rotundatis, confei'tim 3c 
fundius pundatus, undique reflexo-marginatus. An- 
tennse pallide testacese, clava eiongata, Thorax ante- 
rios pauUo angustior, late emarginatus, angulis acutis, 
lateiibus parum rotundatus, basi bi-sinuatus, supra mo- 
dice convexus, saturate castaneus, virescenti-m^talUcd 
micans, undique confertissirae subtiiiter pundulatus, 
subtus dilutius rufo-testaceus. Scutellum oblongo-trian- 
gulare castaneum, subtiiiter pundufatum. Elytra tho- 
race quadruplo iongiora Sc ültra, posterius angustata, 
apice tiuncata, supra convexa, saturate castanea, pamm 
virescenti-micantia, anguste tenue striata, obsoletis- 
sime subtiiiter pundulata. Pygidium lato-triangula re 
testaceum nitidum, subtilissime pundulatum. Pedus 
ferrugineum nitidum glabrum, confertinl v profundius 
punda tum ; abdomen dilutius tesraceuin, sübtiüus 8C 
soletius pundulatum, serie unica transversa e pilis bre- 
vibus concolodbus in singuU segmenti medio ornatam. 
Pedes ferruginei sub-pÜosi, femoribus tibiisque posti- 
cis latls compressis. 
Var. ß, dimidio minor, supra dilutius rufo-casta- 
nea nitida, in capite 8c thorace virescenti-cupreo mi- 
cans, caeterum omni pundo simillinia, 
G Y L E E N H, 
134) Meeoeontha mürina: oblongo-ovata m- 
fo-picea, squamulis piliformibus cinereo-albidis varie« 
gata, elypeo sub-retuso, elytris linei» interruptis nigro- 
Yirentibus denudatis. 
