BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN, 435 



conjuncti multo breviori, articulis 8-10 quam prsececlentes 

 paullo ((J) vel multo (§) brevioribus ; prothorace quam 

 longiori duabus partibus (postice quam antice fere duplo) 

 latiori, distincte insequaliter (subacervatim) punctulato, 

 antice leviter emarginato, lateribus (superne visis) a basi 

 antrorsuQi rotundatim convergentibus, basi media sat anguste 

 sublobata, angulis anticis obtusis ; elytris ^equaliter sat 

 subtiliter (quam cupripetmis, Hope, paullo minus subtiliter) 

 seriatim punctulatis, interstitiis planis subtilius subcrebie 

 punctulatis ; prosteruo minus fortiter carinato ; metaaterno 

 distincte punctulato et sat fortiter oblique rugato, episternis 

 subopacis leviter indistincte punctulatis ; femoribus anticis 

 antice sparsim subtiliter punctulatis ; tarsis subtus nigro- 

 setosis, posticorum articulo basali quam 4"^ parum longiori ; 

 abdomine sat crebre punctulato et longitudinaliter rugato, 



[Long. 9, lat, 4|- lines. 

 The puncturation of the elytra is much like that of C. cupri- 

 pennis, but the seriate punctures are more distinct owing to 

 there being a greater disparity between them and the punctures 

 of the interstices. The eyes are considerably more approximate 

 than in cupripennis. The shortness of the hind tarsi (and 

 especially of their basal joint) is a conspicuous character, 

 Victoria ; sent by C. French, Esq. 



C. PLACiDus, sp.nov. 



Late ovalis ; sat nitidus ; supra viridis vel purpui-eus vel aureus, 

 vel his coloribus intermixtis micans, corpore subtus antennis 

 palpis pedibusque nigris ; capite antice crebre postice sparsius 

 punctulato, oculis quam antennarum articuli basalis longitu- 

 dine vix minus inter se remotis, intus vix manifesto sulco 

 marginatis ; antennis quam corporis dimidium sat brevioribus, 

 articulo 3° quam 1"** 2"' que conjuncti sat longiori quam 4"^ 

 5"^ que conjuncti sat breviori, articulis 8-11 quam prsecedentes 

 sat brevioribus ; prothorace sat convexo, quam longiori (et 

 postice quam antice) duabus partibus latiori, distincte in- 

 sequaliter punctulato, lateribus a basi antrorsum (superne 



