NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA. 



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Pantocometis viridicollis, sp. nov. 



Metallic dark green, finely pubescent ; the labrum, basal joints of 

 the antennae, and the legs fulvous ; head and thorax minutely punc- 

 tured, finely pubescent; elytra strongly punctured, fulvous, a spot on 

 the shoulder, another before the middle, and a transverse band below 

 the latter, dark blue. Length, 6 mill. 



? . Head very finely longitudinally strigose at the vertex, metallic 

 green, finely rugose and pubescent between the eyes ; labrum fulvous ; 

 eyes reniform ; antenna? extending to the base of the elytra, black, the 

 lower four joints fulvous, second and third joints small, the third less 

 rounded, the other joints strongly transversely serrate ; thorax twice 

 as broad as long, the sides straight anteriorly, strongly rounded at the 

 base as well as the posterior angles, the surface obsoletely transversely 

 depressed anteriorly and obliquely so near the posterior angles, very 

 minutely punctured and finely pubescent, metallic green ; scutellum 

 raised, finely pubescent, its apex truncate ; elytra strongly and closely 

 punctured, fulvous, a round spot before the middle near the suture and 

 two others more or less connected below the middle, dark blue ; below 

 dark bluish, closely covered with silvery pubescence ; legs robust, 

 fulvous, the first joint of the posterior tarsi scarcely as long as the 

 following two joints together. 



Fern. Larger, the elytra much more finely punctured, the spots 

 larger, an extra one placed on the shoulders. 



Hab. Khasia Hills. 



The general appearance of this species is that of Gynan- 

 drophthalma, but, excepting that the pubescence of the entire 

 upper surface in Pantocometis is here confined to the head and 

 thorax only, I cannot find differences to justify a separation from 

 the last-named genus ; it is true that in Pantocometis the hairs 

 are long and erect, while in the present species the pubescence is 

 very fine and adpressed, but that distinction in itself is of no 

 generic value ; the elytra are distinctly lobed also below the 

 shoulders. The female varies a good deal from the male in the 

 much finer and more distant punctuation of the elytra, the extra 

 spot on the shoulders, and the much larger size of the other 

 elytral markings which form nearly a broad transverse band below 

 the middle. I received the specimens from Dr. Kraatz. 



Chrysolampra thoracica, sp. nov. 



Piceous below ; the antennas and legs fulvous ; the head, thorax, 

 and elytra metallic green, the thorax very finely and closely punc- 

 tured ; elytra strongly punctate-striate, the interstices at the sides 

 very strongly transversely rugose, anterior femora strongly dilated and 

 toothed. Length, 6 mill. 



Head very closely punctured, the vertex with a longitudinal groove; 

 clypeus rugose-punctate, its anterior margin slightly concave ; labrum 

 fulvous ; antennae nearly extending to the apex of the elytra, fulvous, 

 the third joint slightly longer than the fourth ; thorax twice as broad 



ENTOM. MARCH, 1899. H 



