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not well separated from the pale fulvous portion. I am not 

 acquainted with any similarly coloured Chalcopliana, which on 

 that account and the dark antennae and tibise will not be difficult 

 to distinguish. 



Chalcophana punctatissima, n. sp. 



Obscure fulvous with metallic gloss ; antennfe (the basal three 

 joints excepted), the tibiaj, and tarsi black ; thorax very sparingly 

 punctured ; elytra metallic green, extremely closely punctured, the 

 lateral and apical margins narrowly fulvous. Length, 3^ lines. 



(^ . Head rather closely punctured, fulvous, with a purplish gloss, 

 the middle with a short but deep groove, frontal tubercles strougly 

 raised ; clypeus nearly impunctate ; antennae black, the lower three or 

 four joints fulvous ; thorax scai'cely twice as broad as long, the sides 

 rather strongly rounded, the angles tuberculiform, the surface finely 

 and very sparingly punctured, dark rufous with a strong purplish or 

 greenish gloss ; scutellum fulvous ; elytra metallic green with a very 

 slight depression below the base, the apical angle of each produced 

 into a small tooth, the surface closely and finely punctured, especially 

 so near the apex, the punctures near the suture below the middle 

 arranged in more or less distinct double rows which are interrupted 

 by some smooth longitudinal spaces, the extreme lateral and apical 

 margins as well as the suture posteriorly rufous ; under side and legs 

 rufous ; the greater portion of the tibife and the tarsi bluish black. 



Hah. — Ecuador. 



The very close and fine elytral punctuation distinguishes 

 this species. 



Chalcophana abdominalis, n. sp. 



(?. Fulvous; the antennas (the basal two joints excepted), the 

 apex of the tibife, the tarsi, and the abdomen black ; thorax sparingly 

 punctured ; elytra metallic green, finely punctured in single rows, the 

 iDase with a depression. ? . Elytra olivaceous green, very finely 

 punctured, the sides with two short costfe. Length 3i^-4 lines. 



Head with a few punctures and the usual central depression, 

 fulvous, the apical joint of the palpi piceous ; antennae extending 

 beyond the middle of the elytra, bluish black, the basal two joints and 

 part of the third fulvous ; thorax scarcely twice as broad as long, the 

 sides moderately rounded, the angles but slightly prominent, the 

 surface with a few fine scattered punctures ; scutellum nearly black ; 

 elytra metallic green, with a rather distinct lateral depression below 

 the base, finely punctured in single rather closely approached rows, 

 which, below the middle, are here and there arranged in pairs ; the 

 breast and the femora fulvous ; the lower two-thirds of the tibite, the 

 tarsi, and the abdomen black. 



Hah. — Bolivia. 



In the colour of the abdomen this species agrees with C. 

 peruana, Har., and C. ixdumhina, Erichs. ; from the former it is 

 distinguished by having only the basal two joints of the antennae 



