410 Mr. H. W. Bates's descriptions of 



Ambb/ontruia inerrne. 



Viridi-ajneum subauratum, autennis pedibusque cyaneis: 

 tborace antice linea transversa impressa, jiixta basiu sulcato- 

 coustricto, supra confluenter irregulariter puuctato liuea dorsali 

 sublajvi et utriu(|ue velutino-plagiato : elytris couiluenter (juxta 

 sutiiram grossissime) piiuctulatis, vitta lata discoidali et lateribiis 

 saturatiiis viridibus: subtus argeuteo sericeo. Long. lU lin. . $ 



Sarawak, Borneo, 



OXYPEOSOPUS, Tbomsou. 



According to tbe descriptions the two species following will 

 range under tliis genus: — 



1. 0. Fabricli, Schonh.. Synon. Ins. App. p. 152, Sierra Leone. 



2. 0. S})ccios}is,Jy-<i\m. id. p. 153, Sierra Leone. 



The latter is evidently closely allied to 0. acrulcus (Oliv.)^ 

 Jucundus, Guer. The folloAving are new: — 



OxyprosoptiS chloreus. 



Viridi-a^neus, palpis, antennis pedibusque fulvo-rufis (antennis, 

 basi excepto, tibiisque posticis interdum nigris) : labro fusco 

 testaceo-marginato, f route subaurata, crebre punctata: thorace 

 angustiori medio rotuudato-dilatato haud tuberculato, creberrinie 

 et subtihssime confluenter punctulato: elytris subtihssime rugu- 

 loso-punctatis, tenuiter atro-pubescentibus plaga commuui trans- 

 versa post scutellum glabra parce punctata : corpore subtus 

 griseo-pubescenti : tibiis posticis dilatato-compressis, margine 

 superiori regulariter curvato. Long. 12—15 lin. $ , ^ . 



$ Segnienta 5 et 6 ventralia curta, arcuato-truncata. 



One $ (red antennas and legs) Sierra Leone, one 9 (black 

 antennas and posterior tibia?) Guinea. 



Oxyprosopus cylindricus. 



Elongatus, subcylindricus, subcyaneo-viridis, pedibus chalybeis, 

 tarsis posticis argenteo-pilosis, antennis nigris : palpis nigris : 

 labro fusco, testaceo-marginato ; f route viridi-asnea, dense punc- 

 tata: thorace longiori, medio modice angulatim dilatato, utrinque 

 subtuberculato, supra subtihssime punctato-ruguloso, velutino, 

 linea angusta dorsah sublasvi: elytris minutissime creberrirae 

 punctulatis, haud vittatim velutinis, sed plagis pubescentibus 



