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tlie $ , suddenly rounded and converging at the extreme apex in both sexes ; anterior 

 angles very obtuse, ill-defined, hinder angles rectangular; upper surface longitudinally 

 excavated on either side, surface of the excavations deeply variolose-punctate ; disc 

 smooth, remotely punctured, the punctures arranged in irregular longitudinal rows. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, oblong, their apices broadly rounded ; above strongly 

 punctate-striate, the punctures finer and less deeply impressed towards the apex ; 

 the hinder half of the elytra covered with a large, common, cyaneous patch, usually 

 abbreviated on the extreme lateral and apical margins, but sometimes extended, 

 so as to entirely cover the former. 



Callispa afeicajva. 



EJongata, suhdep^^essa, picea, nitida, antennis nigris, articulis in- 

 termediis piceis, tJiorace, ahdomine,femo7'ihus, tihiisque obscure flavis ; 

 thorace varioloso-punctato, medio titrinque transversim excavnto ; elytris 

 sat fortiter punctato-striatis, fusco-violaceis, metallico-oiitenfihiis. 



Long. 2 Un. 



Hab. : Banks of tlie Niger. 



Vertex smooth, its hinder portion impressed with a few fine variolose punctures ; 

 antennae not half the length of the body, slender, slightly thickened towards the 

 apex, four or five intermediate joints pitchy, the rest black, second Joint rather 

 longer than the first, the third equal in length to the two preceding united. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long, sides parallel at the extreme base, thence rounded 

 and converging to the apex, anterior angles produced, acute ; above, depressed, 

 excavated across the middle on either side, leaving a narrow ill-defined central ridge ; 

 at the base, just in front of the scutellum, is a smaller depression; surface impressed 

 with large round variolose punctures. Elytra scarcely broader than the thorax, 

 parallel, their apices regularly rounded. 



HiSPOPRIA TEEMINALIS. 



Oblongo-eJongatula, depressa, falva, nitida, genuhus tarsisque 

 piceis, antennis elytrorumque dimidio postico nigris. Long. 4:1 ^"^• 

 Hab. : Mindanao. 



Head finely rugose-punctate, neck shining, impunctate, transversely impressed 

 behind the eyes ; antennee half the length of the body, entirely black. Thorax 

 about one-third as broad again as long, sides straight and very slightly diverging 

 from the base to before the middle, thence obliquely converging to the apex, the 

 outer margin irregularly dentate ; above, flattened, sub-cylindrical at the extreme 

 apex, disc covered with large round shallow punctures, the apex, together with 

 a longitudinal space on the middle of the disc, free from punctures. Scutellum 

 oblong-ovate, sinuate on the sides, the apex obtusely rounded. Elytra narrowly 

 oblong, sides parallel, here and there faintly notched, sub-acutely rounded at the 

 apex, each elytron with its extreme apex emarginate, and the sutural angle armed 

 with a email acute tooth ; upper surface deeply and regularly punctate-striate, inter- 

 spaces minutely granulose, plane, slightly thickened on the outer disc and towards 



