of Insects and other Annulosa. 343 



and meta-tlioraces beneath being of a metallic purple like the 

 under-side of the prothorax^ and in the segments of the abdomen 

 having a black mark on each side at the base ; the upper surface J 

 is purple instead of green; it may however eventually be found J 

 to be merely a local variety of the opulent a. I have only seen two 

 specimens. 



2. Chrysochroa prcelonga, White. C. cserulescenti-viridis, elongata, 

 elytris subsulcatis, apice rude serratis, thorace sulco mediano cae- 

 ruleo. Long. unc. 1, lin. 10 — 11. 



Hah. Philippine Islands (Cuming) : Brit. Mus. 



A species near C. ignita and fulminans ; it is of a bright me- 

 tallic green, changing to blue in some lights, especially on the 

 margins of the elytra. Thorax grooved down the middle, the 

 grooved furrow and (concealed) scutellum of a fine deep blue. 

 Elytra much elongated, strongly serrated at the apex and cop- 

 pery. Abdomen beneath coppery, the last two segments more 

 intensely so. 



3. Chrysochroa suhlineata. White. C. viridis, subdepressa, elytris 

 margine laterali cupreo, basi Isevibus ante mediam, lineis tribus 

 subelevatis longitudinalibus, basi obsoletis. Long. unc. 1, lin. 5. 

 Hah. N. Bengal. Brit. Mus. 



This may prove a variety of C. unidentata. Each of the elytra 

 has a short spine at the end, and three longitudinal raised lines 

 not reaching the margin and obsolete towards the base, which is 

 very smooth ; the elytra are minutely punctured ; the lateral mar- 

 gins are of a bright coppery hue ; the thorax is roughly and 

 coarsely punctured, and has a longitudinal, smooth, reddish dorsal 

 line not reaching the posterior margin. 



4. Chrysochroa ocellata (var. ephippigera). White. Long. unc. 1, 

 lin. 6. 



In the British Museum there is a much-injured specimen of 

 this variety, which might probably be regarded as a species by 

 Messrs. Laporte and Gory. It is not far removed from the C. 

 Edvardsiif Hope, ' Linn. Trans.' vol. xix. The under-side is far 

 more coppery than in two specimens of ocellata in the Museum 

 collection, the deep purplish-blue line down the middle of the 

 thorax is wider, and the margins are of a very deep coppery red, 

 which colour occupies all the rest of the prothoracic back, except- 

 ing a narrow line of green which separates the blue from the cop- 

 pery, and a narrow margin of green in front ; the coppery red 

 patches at the base and apex of each elytron are larger also and 

 more intense ; the yellow patch runs right across both elytra, and 

 is pointed behind, very obtusely angled in front, the edge of the 

 yellow being separated from the latei*al margin by a narrow 



