396 Mr. H. W. Bates's descriptions oj 



Aniphiontlie Doris. 



Viridi-aurata, thorace disco elytrisque vittis duabus (altera 

 lata discoidali altera augustiori submargiuali) nigro-velutinis ; 

 autennis pedibusque nigris : capite minute puuctato : thorace 

 antice et postice sulcato-constricto, dorso postice et iu sulco la^vi, 

 lateribus et prosterno coufertim punctatis : elytris confertissime 

 subalveolato-punctatis, pilis brevibus erectis nigris vestitis, vittis 

 nigris opacis. Long. 12 lin. $ . 



New Granada, from Mr. W. W. Saunders' collection. Taken 

 I believe by Mr. Cliestertou. 



Pachyteria Javana. 



Subgracilis, postice gradatim fortiter augustata ; clialybea, 

 subtus griseo-sericea, elytris dimidio basali badiis nitidis, antennis 

 articulis 3-6 et 7 basi badio-flavis, ca?teribus nigris ; tliorace 

 parvo, nitido, basi et apice sulcato-constricto, disco grossc sub- 

 sparsim punctato : elytris post medium juxta suturam et apud 

 disciun longitudinaliter excavato-depressis velutinis, caeteris par- 

 tibus glabris discrete punctatis. Long. 13 lin. $ . 



Java (From Dr. Monicke's collection). 



PhyUocnema semifulva. 



Ph. tnirijicw (Pasc.) affinis. Minor, ca})ite tboraceque nigro- 

 obscuris opacis ; elytris dimidio basali cbalybco-violaceis, dimidio 

 apicali, autennis pedibusque rufo-fulvis, tibiis i^osticis niox pone 

 basin valde dilatato-compressis, parte dilatata basi excepta 

 chalybea : corpore subtus chalybeo : tliorace convexo, a-quali, 

 alveolato-punctato : elytris subtilissime rugulosis, opacis, costula 

 discoidali sublfcvi fere apicem attiugenti. Long. 6 lin. $ . 



The fulvous colouring of the elytra occupies rather less than 

 the apical half and graduates inlto the blue of the basal half. 

 The foliaceous expansion of the hind tibia' is of the same form 

 as in Ph. mirijica^ i.e., it extends on both sides of the axis, but 

 more so on the outer side. 



Angola (collected by J. J. Monteiro). 



A/ccasjn's fuscocvnea. 



Valde elongata, cupreo-vel a^neo-fusca, intcrdum purinu-ascens; 

 fere glabra, thorace et elytris discrete (illo sjiarsissime hoc lateri- 

 bus subtilius) punctatis ; antennis pedibusque nigris tarsis argen- 

 teo-])ilosis : capite puuctulato : thorace disco elevato utriuque 



