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well as by the narrow elytral cpipleurae which are obsolete 

 below the middle. 



(j8. Tlirasyeliroina suTbinetalliea,, n. sp. 



Black below; head and tliorax pale fulvous with a metallic 

 purplish gloss; elytra metallic blue or green, closely and linely 

 punctured. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head impunctate, with a cruciform deep groove between the 

 eyes; frontal tubercles not distinctly raised, forming an oblique 

 slightly elevated space in front of the antennae; the latter clo- 

 sely approached, extending beyond the middle of the elytra, 

 black, the intermediate joints very slightly thickened; thorax 

 twice as broad as long, the sides rounded, the angles not pro- 

 duced, of a pale fulvous colour Avith a distinct iridescent gree- 

 nish gloss like the head , at the middle of the disk a transverse 

 and rather deep groove is placed at each side but interrupted 

 at the middle, surftice impunctate ; elytra distinctly depressed 

 below the base of a metallic blue, violaceous or green colour, 

 extremely finely and closely punctured. 



Sumatra, Mt. Singalang, July (0. Beccari). 



A dozend specimens were obtained. 



rl. Thorax transversely grooved , anterior cavities open. 

 G9. Liprus malayanus , n. sp. 



Narrow and parallel, entirely testaceous; head and thorax 

 impunctate, the latter deeply transversely grooved at the base; 

 elytra strongly punctate-striate, partly longitudinally costate. 



Length 1 Y2 li^^e. 



Head impunctate; frontal tubercles distinct, elongate ; palpi 

 thin and slender; antennae filiform two thirds the length of the 

 body, third and following joints equal ; thorax longer than broad, 

 subcylindrical, deeply (;onstricted at the sides below the middle, 



