188 INIr. D. Sharp's Cujitribatia/is to the 



3. Stcrndid discolor, n. s]). Sn])ra violaoca, alxlomine 

 auf('0-])urj)iireo, subtiis a iruli-civnilca, iiitida, caj)itt! oh- 

 ]()iiij;(), inaiidibulis hoc brcviorihus, thorace elytris vix 

 breviorc. Long. corp. U — 11 Ihi. 



Ivcadily (llstiiiguishcd from S. <nnnzonica by tlic dis- 

 cordant coh)ur of the hind body above, as ■well as by the 

 mnoh less transverse penultimate ji-int of the antenna?. 

 Antenn:i3 rather long, reaching more than half-way to the 

 back of the thorax, not thickened after the 4th joint ; the 

 three basal joints violet, the others dusky; from G — 10 

 each joint is a little longer than the preceding one, so 

 that the 10th is considerably longer than the 6th. INIan- 

 dibles much shorter than the head. Head rather narrow, 

 considerably longer tlian broad, slightly broader than the 

 thorax ; the eyes distinctly prominent; it is of a ^•iolet 

 colour above, densely and coarsely rugose-pimctate ; 

 beneath it is shining blue, sparingly ])uncturcd on each 

 side with about fourteen punctures. Thorax one and a 

 half times as long as broad, gradually narrowed from the 

 base to the front, with an ol)lique im])rcssion on each side 

 before the base, a sjiace along the middle smooth ; the 

 sides rather sparingly ])inictured, more closely at the 

 front than elsewhere. Elytra much broader and slightly 

 longer than the thorax, of a dark-violet colour, finely and 

 modei-ately closely punctiu'cd. llinil body above of a 

 brilliant golden purple, or copper colour, sparingly and 

 finely ])unctured, beneath briHiant green. Legs violet ; 

 pubescence of the til)ia' c()ns])icuous, being nearly white. 



In the male the hind margin of the 7th segment beneath 

 is less rounded than in the female, and the punctuation in 

 front of this is a little denser and finer. 



Lga ; six specimens. 



Obs. — This s])ecies is very closely allied to the Loliviau 

 S. splendevs, but is rather more slender, and has the 

 maiulil)les shorter ; the antenna? are considerably shorter, 

 and the sculptiu'e of the head at the vertex is less dense 

 and I'ugose. 



4. Stc7-rnli(i finichiis, n. sp. Nigro-suba'nca, 0]iaca, 

 densius sulitiUuscjue ])unctata, thorace linea media, l:\3vi, 

 clytris thoiacc l)r('\ ioriljus. Tjong. corp. U lin. 



Antenna' black, rather stout, reaching about half-way 



to the back o(" tlic thorax, a little thickened fi-om the 4th 

 to the loth joint; .'jrd j(jinl considerably longer than 2iid, 



