CHALCOTHEA VIRENS. 235 



ders, the suture and the raised lateral margin. The pygi- 

 dium closely and concentrically aciculate , covered with 

 elongate ovate scales placed radially. Body beneath and 

 legs , except a longitudinal band across the middle of the 

 mesosternum and abdomen and the tarsi , sculptured ; the 

 sculptured portion of the body and the femora except 

 their under surface, covered with elongate ovate scalesj 

 The sternal process narrow , conical seen sideways and 

 not porrected anteriorly. The anterior tibiae externally 

 with two distinct although small teeth besides the apical 

 one , the first a little before the middle , the second at 

 equal distance from the first and the apical one. 



A single male specimen in a very fine condition was 

 captured in May 1878 in the district of Rawas by Mr. A. L. 

 van Hasselt, chief of the Expedition. 



2. Chalcothea virens, sp. n. 9- 



Most nearly allied to Chalcothea auripes Westw. ^) of 

 Borneo, of which I have the type before me, kindly 

 lent to me for comparison by its owner Mr. E. T. Hig- 

 gins. The new species may be distinguished by its 

 different color, and by the different shape of the protho- 

 rax , prosternal process , inner apical spur of the hind 

 tibiae and apical ventral segment. 



Length 31 mm.; breadth at the shoulders 15 mm. — Upper 

 surface of a beautiful green , the head and the extreme margins 

 of the prothorax and scutellum only with a faint golden 

 hue , the shoulders blackish ; body beneath and legs , except 

 the tibiae and tarsi , of a more yellowish green covered with 

 a golden hue, especially on the apical half of the abdo- 

 minal segments; the tibiae outside and the tarsi purplish. 

 The antennae and palpi brown , the basal joint of the 

 former with a metallic green tinge. 



1) Transactions of the Entomolofjlcal Socitifi/ of London for the year 1874, 

 p. 474. pi. VII, lig. 2. 



Notes Irom the Leyden üMuseum. 



