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Show 642 MR. G. C. CHAMPION ON COLEOPTERA [NOV. 18, eyes, thickly and finely punctured, the interocular space more coarsely so in front but with a smooth space in the middle behind ; the eyes moderately large, not prominent; antennae ( 2 ) blackish-violaceous, short, extending very little beyond the base of the prothorax, moderately stout, joint 3 twice as long as 2, 4 longer than 3, triangular, 5 very much shorter than 4, 5-10 gradually increasing in width, flattened, subtriangular, 10 transverse, 1 1a little narrower but not longer than 10; prothorax transversely subquadrate, moderately convex, the sides almost straight, very little narrowed in front, with a fine but complete lateral carina, the anterior angles prominent but obtuse, the hind angles acute and outwardly directed, the base and apex strongly margined, the surface finely and thickly punctured, a very narrow space down the middle (slightly impressed at the base) smooth; scutellum very finely and sparsely punctured ; elytra nearly one half broader than and fully four times as long as the prothorax, parallel, exceedingly finely and shallowly punctate-striate from the base to the apex, the punctures oblong in shape, the interstices smooth and perfectly flat, the shoulders swollen and prominent; beneath bronze-black, shining, the propleurae, the sides of the meso- and metasternum, and the metasternal episterna rather coarsely punctured, the ventral segments sparsely, obsoletely punctured and aciculate (the fifth more coarsely and more closely punctured); prosternum broad, transversely depressed before and behind the anterior coxae, and with the apex produced behind but very little raised ; legs blackish-violaceous, the femora reddish-testaceous from near the base to far beyond the middle. Length 18, breadth 5j millim. ( $ .) One example. This species is chiefly distinguished by its very smooth elytra, prominent humeri, parallel shape, and dull violaceous colour, the femora broadly marked with red. It does not seem to be at all closely allied to any of the described African members of the genus. STRONGYLIUM AURONITENS, sp. n. (Plate LVI. fig. 6.) Elongate, parallel, of a bright metallic golden-green colour, with golden-cupreous reflections. Head feebly longitudinally grooved between the eyes, sparsely and somewhat coarsely punctured bebind, more finely so in front; the eyes large and prominent; antennae moderately long, gradually thickening outwardly, joint 4 much longer than 3, 5 much shorter than 4, 5-8 flattened, but little widened towards their apex (9-11 missing), 1-3 metallic green, the rest bronze-black ; prothorax transversely subquadrate, a little flattened on the disc, the rides almost straight behind, slightly converging and somewhat arcuate in front, with the lateral carina fine and only extending from the apex to a little beyond the middle, the hind angles acute and outwardly directed, the base sharply and the apex very distinctly margined, the disc transversely depressed in the middle in front and deeply and somewhat obliquely depressed on either side before the base, the surface coarsely, closely, and irregu- |