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ajiex strongly oliliquely excavated but scarcely widened towards 

 the point. 



138. Emathea Baiyi, n. sp. — Broadly ovate, rufous, antennae 

 (the basal joints excepted) the tibiae and tarsi black, thorax 

 finely and sparingly punctured , elytra metallic green , closely 

 and strongly punctured, the interstices slightly wrinkled. 



Length 3 lines. 



Head finely strigose at the vertex , transversely grooved 

 between the eyes, the clypeus finely punctured, broad, flattened 

 at the upper portion and nearly contiguous with the frontal 

 tubercles, labrum flavous, antennae not extending to the middle 

 of the elytra , black , the lower two joints fulvous , the second 

 and third joints very small, the intermediate joints slightly 

 widened, thorax nearly three times as broad as long, the sides 

 moderately rounded, the anterior angles flattened and produced, 

 the surface sparingly and finely punctured, rufous with some 

 obscure piceous spots, scutellum broad , trigonate , black, elytra 

 convex, very strongly and closely punctured, metallic dark green, 

 the interstices more or less wrinkled; underside and legs fulvous, 

 the breast finely pubescent, tibiae and tarsi black, the first joint 

 of the posterior tarsi as long as the following two joints together, 

 claws appendiculate , tibiae unarmed, anterior coxal cavities 

 closed. 



Hah. Si-Raml)é. 



Although closely allied to E. aeneipennis, Baly, the present 

 species differs in several particulars, notably in the black an- 

 tennae and tibiae of all the legs , in the colour of the labrum, 

 the structure of the head and in the great difference of the ely- 

 tral sculpturing and that of the thorax, also in the wrinkled but 

 not punctured elytral interstices. 



139. Emathea fulvicornis, n. sp. — Fulvous, thorax very spa- 

 ringly punctured , elytra depressed below the base , convex , 

 dilated posteriorly, metaUic green, closely punctured in irregular 

 rows, underside and legs entirely fulvous. 



Length 3 lines. 



Closely allied to the preceding species but with entirely ful- 



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