NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA 215 



terior femora much thickened and armed with a very minute 

 tooth. 



Java, Sinagar, April (0. Beccari), 



35. IVodostoma, o^rnatissima., n. sp. 



Broadly ovate, metallic green below. Antennae robust, two 

 basal joints and the base of the femora fulvous. Thorax augn- 

 iate at the sides, closely punctured, the anterior and lateral 

 margin, metallic green, disk reddish cupreous. Elytra with basal 

 depression, distinctly punctured, blackish at the disk, suturai 

 and lateral margin, metallic green, a broad band from the 

 shoulder to the apex, purplish violaceous, margined with cu- 

 preous. Femora dentate. 



Length 2 Y2 lines. 



Head metallic green , finely and closely punctured at the 

 vertex with a short but distinct central longitudinal groove; 

 episteme not separated from the face, longer than broad, clo- 

 sely rugose-punctate anteriorly , . the anterior margin modera- 

 tely concave ; labrum fulvous. Antennae scarcely half the length 

 of the body, robust, the terminal joints rather compressed and 

 widened, black, two basal joints fulvous. Thorax transversely 

 convex, the sides augniate behind the middle, entire surface co- 

 vered with distinct punctures, more strongly impressed at the 

 sides but nearly disappearing along the anterior margin; the 

 latter and the sides more broadly metallic green, rest of the 

 surface reddish cupreous. Scutellum subquadrate, cupreous. Ely- 

 tra quadrate , ovate , very convex , broader than the thorax , di- 

 stinctly depressed below the base, distinctly punctate-striate , the 

 punctures as usual more deeply impressed anteriorly and wi- 

 thin the basal depression, than posteriorly, the disk near the 

 suture nearly black, the suturai and lateral margin metallic 

 green, a dark violaceous bluish or purphsh band commencing 

 at the shoulder extends to the apex at which place it is double 

 the width than at its commencement. Femora bright fulvous 



