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floselv punctured, each with a round black spot near the apex; iio.sterior femora hut 

 moderatelv thickened, tiie apex of tlie tibiae obscure fuscou-^, the first joint of the 

 posterior tai'si as long as the following three joints. 



Hab. Timor. 



A nearly typical species with strongly roundetl sides of tiie thorax but rather 

 ■obsolete sulcus, the carina between the antennae also much less prominent than 

 usual ; a single specimen is contained in this collection. 



Aphthona dohertyi sp. nov. 



(ireenish or bluish black below, aliove metallic lilue, the basal joints of the 

 antennae and the anterior legs (more or less) fulvous, thorax finely and sparingly 

 pnnctiu'ed, elytra more distinctly and rather closely pnnctate. 



Length J line. 



Of convex and subcylindrical shape, the head impunctate, the frontal tubercles 

 small but distinct, the clypeus rather strongly raised; antennae extending to about 

 the middle of the elytra, the four or five basal joints flavous, the rest black, the 

 second and the following two joints nearly equal, the others more elongate; thorax 

 about one half broader than long, the sides sti-aight, the anterior angles oblique, 

 slightly thickened, the sulfate rather convex, extremely finely and rather sparingly 

 punctured near the basal portion ; elytra without basal dejiression, very finely 

 punctured in semiregular closely api>roached rows, the lateral margin accompanied 

 by a deeper row of punctures ; the anterior legs fulvous, the posterior femora metallic 

 bluish, their tibiae piceons, the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the following 

 three joints. 



Hah. X. Manijnir (Assam). 



This is a very small species, of nearly cylindrical shape and uniform metallic 

 greenish or blue colour; in one specimen tlie anterior legs are nearly entirely 

 piceous, but otherwise there is no difference. 



Aphthona glabrata s]). nov. 



Piceous below, black abu\i", shining, antennae (the basal joints excepted) fulvous, 

 long and slender, thorax and elytra entirely impunctate, posterior tibiae dilated at 

 the apex. 



Length 1 line. 



Head entirely imiiunctate, without any frontal tubercles, clypeus swollen, tri- 

 angular, deHexed anteriorlv, palpi robust, antennae extending beyond the middle of 

 the elytra, the basal four joints stained with piceous. the others fulvous, the third 

 joint slightly longer than the fourth joint, the fifth and following joints elongate, 

 nearly equal ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides strongly deflexed, very slightly 

 rounded near the base, oblirpiely shaped anteriorly, forming a distinct angle before 

 the middle, posterior margin broadly rounded and slightly produced at the middle, 

 the surface nearly impunctate, a few very minute piuictures being visible near the 

 base when viewed with a strong lens; scutellum broader than long; elytra slightly 

 broader at the base than the thorax, convex, nearly parallel, shining, black, without 

 any depression, entirely impunctate; posterior femora strongly incrassate, their tibiae 

 greatly widened towards the ajiex, sulcate, the apex with a distinct spur, their 

 •extreme base obscure fulvous, the first joint of the jjosterior tarsi nearly half the 

 length of the tibiae; jn'osternum narrow. 



Iluh. .Martapura (S.K. Borneo). 



