522 Mr. Mautin Jacuby on 



Head short, black, pubescent, with t^vo indistinctly raised 

 tubercles above the insertion of the antenna3 o£ a flavous colour, 

 lower part of face fuscous ; antennae black, closely covered with 

 haii-s, the first and fourth joints of equal length, the third the 

 longest. Thorax narrow, transverse, the sides slightly widened 

 before the middle, ferruginous, closely and thickly covered with 

 golden pubescence. Scutelkim black. Elytra subdepressed, 

 antemedially transversely depressed, finely punctate-striate, dark 

 violaceous-blue or green, nearly glabrous, a narrow marginal 

 vitta, greatly increasing in width at the apex, of a ferruginous 

 colour and closely yellowish pubescent. Underside and legs 

 black, pubescent, apex of abdomen ferruginous. Posterior tibiiB 

 with one spur, maxillary palpi incrassate. 



In the variety, a broad ferruginous band extends across the 

 middle of the disc, and is also covered like the lateral vitta with 

 yellow pubescence, but agrees in all other respects with the 

 typical specimens. 



Oviototiis rubripennis, n. sp. 



Elongate, robust, flavous; antennae, apex of femora and tibiaj 

 black; elytra darkish red with a violet tint, very closely pubes- 

 cent, obsoletely punctate-striate. Length 3 lines. 



Head deeply punctate on the vertex; antenntc rather closely 

 approximate, second joint short, third joint longer than the first, 

 fourth and following joints decreashig in length, entirely black, 

 the ajncal joints pubescent, the others beset at their apex Avith 

 bristle-like hairs; maxillary palpi incrassated. Thorax broader 

 than long, the sides widened and rounded in the middle, de- 

 pressed at each side near the base, closely rugose pimctate, dark 

 reddish, slightly pubescent. Elytra very little widened poste- 

 riorly, punctate-striate, thickly covered with short yelloAvish 

 pubescence and single stiff long hairs, rendering the punc- 

 tuation rather obscure, of a uniform opaque reddish colour with 

 a ^lurplish or violet hue in certain Ughts. Underside flavous, 

 pubescent, femora darker, their apex and the four anterior 

 tibia3 black, posterior tibiaj piceous or dark brown, vrith a single 

 spur. 



Asphcera octopunctata, n. sp. 



Oblong ovate, beneath piceous; head, thorax, elytra and abdo- 

 men flavo-testaceous, each elytron with tAvo spots near the 

 base and two behind the middle violaceous or green. Length 

 2^ lines. 



