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than twice as broad as long, the anterior and posterior margin 
parallel; elytra irregularly punctured, their epipleurae prolonged 
below the middle; legs slender; tibiae mucronate, their first 
tarsal joint longer than the three following joints together, the 
second one as long as the third; claws appendiculate; the anterior 
coxal cavities open. 
Microlepta resembles some species of the genus Antipha in 
the shape of its thorax, and Monolepta or Luperodes in that of 
its general shape; it is further distinguished from the last na- 
med genus by the open coxal cavities and the long first joint 
of the antennae, this latter character together with the short 
second joint of the posterior tarsi separates Microlepta from Lu- 
perus and Iphidea. 
37. Microlepta coeruleipennis, n. sp. 
Below piceous or black; head, antennae, thorax and legs pale 
fulvous ; elytra dark blue, closely and distinctly punctured; first 
joint of the antennae very long. 
Var. a. the femora more or less and the apices of the tibiae, 
fuscous or piceous. 
Var. b. antennae (their base excepted) and the head and 
thorax piceous. 
Length 1 4/,-2 lines. 
Head impunctate, deeply grooved between the eyes, the latter 
very large; the frontal tubercles transversely trigonate, the space 
between the eyes very deeply punctured; the labrum with a 
transversely placed row of five or six deep punctures; palpi 
robust; antennae as long as the body in the male, the first 
joint very long and slender, longer than any of the other joints, 
the second very short, the third three times as long; thorax 
transverse, more than twice as broad as long, the sides rounded 
in front, the surface finely punctured, the interstices very 
finely alutaceous; elytra with a shallow but distinct transverse 
depression below the base, closely and rather strongly punctured, 
the punctuation rather more deeply impressed anteriorly than 
