474 M. JACOBY 



tra purplish, strongly punctate-striate, the outer interstices lon- 

 gitudinally costate. 



Length 2 Y2 millim. 



Head strongly longitudinally strigose at the vertex, the lower 

 portion transversely coniluently punctate, antennse black, the 

 lower three joints fulvous below, terminal joints moderately 

 thickened, thorax transverse, the anterior portion strongly defle- 

 xed at the sides, the latter nearly straight, the anterior margin 

 accompanied by a deep sulcus at the sides, the latter deeply 

 and closely punctured, the middle of the disc less strongly and 

 closely punctate, dark blue, scutellum violaceous, elytra broadly 

 ovate, the basal portion convex, the shoulders with a deep de- 

 pression within, very deeply punctate-striate, the punctures 

 much finer towards the apex, the interstices convex at the sides ; 

 the breast bluish, abdomen, tibiae and tarsi blackish. 



Ighibirei. 



More closely allied to C. aulica Lef. than to the other species 

 of the genus but the thorax much more deilexed at the anterior 

 lateral portion, less transverse, the punctuation not so large and 

 deep and the basal margin not accompanied at the sides by a 

 row of punctures, the basal portion of the elytra more strongly 

 raised. 



7. Oieoriiia viridLissinaa, sp. n. 



Metallic green or blue, under side blackish, the basal joints 

 of the antennae fulvous, head rugosely punctured, thorax con- 

 iluently punctured at the sides, elytra strongly punctate-striate, 

 the shoulders very prominent. 



Length 2-3 miUim. 



Head closely punctured, the interstices coniluently rugose, and 

 directed towards the middle, clypeus not separated from the face, 

 strongly punctured, antennae extending beyond the base of the 

 elytra, black, the lower three or four joints ilavous below, ter- 

 minal joint more elongate and pointed than the preceding ones 

 third joint more slender and slightly longer than the fourth, tho- 



