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Genus ENDELUS Deyrolle 
Key to the species.™ 
1. Form robust; head much narrower than pronotum. 
E. violaceipennis sp. nov. 
Form elongate; head nearly as wide as pronotum om % 
i RN) TROLL | OPO cg assist cystic ut eatin eg 3. 
Pronotum transverse, sides arcuately rounded 4 
3. Black with violaceous reflections.......................... E. palawanensis sp. nov. 
RPMORIN YS TRODEY is fii dhsids le eg A E. bakeri Kerrem. 
4. Elytra bicolored .... E. lunatus sp. nov. 
Elytra unicolored ae 
5. Form elongate, agriliform; pronotum not twice as wide as long. 
E, agriliformis sp. nov. 
Form more robust; pronotum twice as wide as long. 
E. aeneipennis sp. nov. 
Endelus violaceipennis sp. nov. 
Broadly ovate, attenuate posteriorly, subconvex; head and pro- 
notum bluish black, the latter with the anterior angles reddish, 
shining; elytra bright violaceous; beneath bronzy green. 
Head elongate, slightly wider posteriorly, very much narrower 
than prothorax; front narrowly, abruptly, and deeply excavated 
between the eyes, lateral sides of excavation nearly parallel, 
median line distinctly marked from vertex to middle, becoming 
obsolete in front of epistoma; eyes prominent and strongly 
angulate, with the inner side strongly margined, placed at the 
extreme lateral part of the excavation; surface very finely 
granulate, with a few larger punctures intermixed and of a 
cupreous color on-the anterior part, deeply impressed in front 
of epistoma, which is elevated, narrowly and deeply emarginate, 
and with the lateral parts extending along the inner side of the 
eyes; sides very much constricted below the antenne, which are 
nearly contiguous. Pronotum transverse, about twice as wide 
as long, widest a little behind the middle, front distinctly 
narrower than base; sides rather strongly angulate at the poste- 
rior third, strongly rounded anteriorly, obliquely narrowed 
posteriorly to the hind angles, which are obtusely rounded; ante- 
rior margin with a large, widely rounded, median lobe, with the 
angles rather obtuse; base bisinuate, with a large median lobe, 
truncate in front of the scutellum; disk widely, transversely 
elevated anteriorly; sides broadly flattened, basal third with a 
Widely rounded, transverse concavity; surface nearly smooth, 
with a few, indistinct, sparsely placed punctures. Scutellum 
“ Endelus cornutus, described by Kerremans from Luzon, has not been 
seen by me. 
