278 L. Fairmairk. 



auguste dcplanato ac extus denticulato ; scutello indistinclo ; eiytris oblon- 

 gis, basi 'prothoracis paulo latioribus, hiimeris rccte angulatis, postra vix 

 ampliatis, apice angustatis et septtratim subacute angulatis, utrinque tuber- 

 culis oblongis, octoseriaiim disposais, dense instruclis, sutura et inter- 

 vallis linca tenuiter granulata oniatis et transversim plicatulis; subius 

 cum pedibus grosse ac dense punctaius. 

 Iles Vili (Kleinschmidt). 



Genre CHARIOTHEGA Pascoe. 



Head moderate, subquadrate. Eyes large, Iransverse, contiguous to the 

 prothorax. Antennse short, claviform, the firsl joint nearlyconcealedabove 

 by the antennary orbits, the Zi or 5 terminal joints corapressed and, except 

 Ihe last, more or less transverse. Labrum rotunded anteriorly. Maxillary 

 palpi willi Ihc last joint securii'orm, the labial ovale, truncate; maxillary 

 lobes short, strongly ciliated. Mentum subquadrate. Labrum slightly 

 expanded at the sides, antice and aliated on front. Prothorax Iransverse, 

 nearly as broad as Ihe elytra at the base, rounded at the sides scarecly 

 emarginate aiUeriorly. Elytra elongate their greatest breadth behind the 

 sliulders, slightly curved at the sides. Legs rather slender; tarsi heary 

 beneath, the basai joint longer than the succeeding one. Prosternum 

 pointed behind with a narrow impression in the middle ; mesosternum 

 notched for the réception of the prosternum ; post-intercoxal proccss 

 pointed anteriorly. 



1. G. SMARAGDIPUNCTATA Fairm., Naturaliste, 1881, 373. — Long. 7 

 mill. — Oblonga, subparallcla, convexa, fusco-mctaUica, valde nilida, 

 vage violaceo-micans , elyiris punctis œneis imprcssis ; capite vix 

 perspicue punctulato, antice jnedio transvesrsim impresso, margine antice 

 fere truncato; prothorace clytris angustiore, longitudine duplo latiore, 

 lateribus redis, marginalisa aniice tantuin arcuatis, margine postico 

 utrinque late sinuatt, angulis acutiusculis, dorso sublilissime punctu- 

 lato, sed basi medio sat fortiter sat dense punctato; scutello triangulari, 

 lœvi ; eiytris ad humeros leviter angidatis, apice tanlmn angustatis, 

 xdrinque punctis grossis, parum dcnsis octoseriatis imprcssis, et série 

 prope sculcllum abbrcviatn, punctis extus et apice majoribus, fovcaiis ; 

 subius lœvis, fusco-nigricans, nilida, prosierno rncdio laie sulcalo. 



Iles Viti. 



