18 COLASPOiniïS GLABRATA. 



I separate tb is species from C. varians Baly, to which 

 it seems closely allied , on account of the following diffe- 

 rences : 



The head is very finely punctured, the epistome is 

 distinctly separated from the face ; the thorax is very irre- 

 gularly punctured at the disk only, the sides being im- 

 punctate. Lastly the elytra show no trace of a basal de- 

 pression nor of costa at the sides. 



Of the five specimens before me , 3 are distinctly stained 

 with reddish cupreous at the sides of the elytra and at 

 the base of the thorax , and in the male insect the punct- 

 uation of the former is arranged in double rows near the 

 suture. In all other respects the specimens agree with 

 each other. 



Colaspoides nigripes ^ n. sp. 



Oblong , convex , black or piceous below. Above greenish 

 cupreous. First 5 joints of the antennae fulvous. Thorax 

 closely and strongly punctured. Elytra strongly punctate- 

 striate , interspaces on the outer disk elevate , transversely 

 rugose. — Length l^/g — 2 lines. 



Var. Above brownish cupreous. 



Head convex , with a few fine punctures at" the sides 

 and an obsolete longitudinal central groove. Epistome 

 subquadrate, broader than long, separated from the face 

 by a row of deep punctures, its surface irregularly im- 

 pressed with a few punctures , anterior margin nearly 

 straight. Labrum fulvous. Antennae slender , filiform , 

 more than two thirds the length of the body , five basal 

 joints fulvous , the rest black. Thorax transverse , its sides 

 regularly rounded, the anterior portion moderately deflexed, 

 surface closely and deeply punctured at the sides , the in- 

 terspaces somewhat rugose , more distantly and finely punct- 

 ured at the disk. Scutellum subpentagonal. Elytra convex 

 not depressed below the base, strongly and regularly 

 punctate-striate near the sutural half, more irregularly 



JVotes from the Leytleia IMiisevim , A-'ol. VI. 



