238 OL. E. JAN50N 



at the sides, the dense punctuation of the elytra ratiier coarser 

 and tlie reguhir rows of hirj^er ])unctures less evident, the nieso- 

 sternal process is moi'e jiroduced and pninied at its apex, and the 

 punctuation on the undersi<le is ratiier coarser. The ])y>:idiuni has. 

 hesides the tine dense grranulation, a very distinct transverse and 

 irregular striation which is not present in smithi. Lentrth of tiie 

 male, excluding' the hnrn ;{|-;{(i nun.: nf tiir I'cuiale 'M>-'-V-] mm. 



Vira, I*rov. Buddu. .Jidy \WH. 



The five examples ohtained hy !)r. iJayon siiew ne vai'iati<iii 

 ill tlie differential charactei's jriven , and. althou}i;h some recent 

 authors would no douht ren;ai'd this form as a <listinct sjiecies, 

 I prefer to treat it, as widl as several of the other named forms, 

 as local races or varieties of smithi. It comes nearest to berihe- 

 randi Fairm.. and immaculata, Heath. l»iit llie castaneous cdldur 

 of the elytra i,''ives it an as]iect very distiiicl fniin all the hitherto 

 descril)e(l foi-nis. 



0. Ooelorrliina. cxuailri macula tu. Fai:. 



Vira, Prov. liiiddii, December l'.)()S. 



Three s])ecimeiis obtained Ijy Dr. liayon, and others sent to 

 me from I'j^anda , havinj; a decided f;:i'een suturai border to the 

 elytra and the jiygidium wholly or ])artly jrreen . are similar to 

 exanii)les I have from Dieli, Alinia River, French C"on<ro, tliis form 

 has been described by Kolt)e as a species under the name of 

 oberlliuri, but the slight distinctions relied upon by him to sepa- 

 rate it tVoiii quadrimaculata are found to be inconstant when a 

 large series is examined, so th;it 1 am inclined te i-egard it, and 

 also tlie glabrata, raddi, furcala, ruficeps, poggei and imi- 

 tatrix of Kolbe, and tlie nyassica of Kraatz, as slight variations 

 unwortliy of distinctive names. 



7. ]Xeptunid<»w w(aiil<'yi .I.ws. 



Vira.Prov.Huddii.. Inly and Dei'eml.cr I IMIS. I'.uldbo. ( tctubcv I'.Ml'.t. 

 liussu Husoga 191(1. 



Seven specimens, varying in colour fiiim deeji to pale golden 

 green and coi)])ery. 



