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Show 54 MR. M. JACOBY ON NEW GENERA AND [J? the lateral margin, one before, the other behind the middle, fulvous. Underside, knees, tibia?, and tarsi black, femora fulvous ; four posterior tibia? armed with an acute long triangular tooth at their outside. In m y collection. M E N I U S , Chapuis. 6. M E N I U S VIRIDI^ENEUS, sp. nov. Ovate, convex, dark greenish aeneous. Antennae and the legs obscure fulvous ; thorax deeply but not closely punctured ; elytra very deeply and regularly punctate-striate, the interstices convex anteriorly. Length 2 lines. Hab. Cameroons (the plains.) Front of head rather swollen, obsoletely and finely punctured, with a distinct but short longitudinal groove between the eyes, the latter with a distinct, posteriorly widened groove at their inner margin. Clypeus separated by a triangular impressed line from the face. Labrum fulvous. Antenna? half the length of the body, filiform, entirely fulvous, or with the apical joints piceous. Thorax about twice as broad as long, distinctly narrowed from the base to the apex, its sides but little rounded, surface impressed with deep but rather remotely placed punctures. Scutellum subtriangular, its apex acute. Elytra slightly wider at the base than the thorax, convex, regularly and deeply punctate-striate near the base, much more finely towards the apex; below the shoulder several stria? are united at their ends and their commencement and are only half the length of the rest; interstices impunctate, subcostate near the base, but flat posteriorly. Femora with a short acute tooth. Collected by Mr. Rutherford. Collection Jacoby. This species is allied to M. costatus, Baly, but is larger, differently shaped, the thorax much more strongly punctured, and the elytra are devoid of the strongly raised costae near the lateral margin. TERILLUS, Chapuis. 7. T E R I L L U S P O R O S U S , sp. nov. Elongate, convex, fulvous, finely pubescent below. Thorax irregularly and moderately strongly, elytra foveolate punctate, the interior of the punctures metallic green. Length 3g-4 lines. . ';. Tlab. Australia, Cooktown. Head very minutely and closely punctured, and covered with fine silvery pubescence. Antennae half as long as the body, third joint double the length of the second, light fulvous. Thorax about twice as broad as long, its sides straight, disk longitudinally obsoletely sulcate from the base to the apex, rest of the surface irregularly covered with rather fine punctures, pubescent like the head. Scutellum smooth. Elytra foveolate-punctate, the punctures near the base arranged in irregular double rows, the rest confusedly distributed, |