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Of convex, oblong shape, iiearly black with a slight purplish 

 tint, the head more (listiiictly bliie, verv tinely and closely punc- 

 tured, tbe clypeus more strongly punctiircd. tbe labrum lulvous, 

 antennae rather sliort, tbe terminal joints strongl}- Ibiekened. 

 black, tbe lo^^•er eigbt joints more or le.ss fulvous; tborax nearly 

 three titnes broader tban long, tbe sides rounded, narrowly mar- 

 gined, tbe surface widened at tbe middle, strongly convex, ver}- 

 tinely and remolely punctured; elytra not wider at tbe base 

 tlian tbe tborax, ovate convex, distinctly depressed below tbe 

 base, tinely punctnred in latlier closely approacbed regulär rows, 

 tbe punctures at tbe sides and witbin tbe depression stronger, 

 tlic interstices smootli and impunctate, tbe space between tbe 

 sboulders and tbe lateral margin raised and smootb; below and 

 tbe legs bluisb, tbe lemora unarmed. tbe tarsi lulvous. 



Soekaranda. 



Tbis Colaspoides dilTers in coloration from any of ils 

 Eastern congeners, tbe variety or abenation probably r(>pi'esents 

 an immature specimen. 



Cleoporus sumbaensis sp. n. 



Fulvous, terminal joints of tbe antennae black, tborax 

 finely and subremotely punctnred, elytra greenisb-aeneous, strongly 

 punctate-striate. 



Var. Tborax aeneous. 



Lengtb 4 mill. 



Head fulvous witb a sligbt aeneous gloss, tinely and sparingly 

 punctured, tbe eyes suri'ounded by a broad sulcus, clypeus 

 scparated by a transvevse groove, transversely subquadrate, its 

 anterior edge sligbtly emarginate at tbe middle, labrum fulvous, 

 anteimae not extending to tbe middle of tbe elytra, black tbe 

 lower live joints fulvous, tbe tbird Joint sligbtly longer tban tbe 

 fourtb: tborax subcylindrical, one balf broader tban long, tbe 

 sides straigbt, sligbtly oblique, tbe surface tinely but not very 

 closely punctured, scutclluni piceous. elytra subcvliiidiical. aeneous, 



Sicll. eninmol. Zeil. 189!i. 



