Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 41 



Sostea cafbonana. 

 S. suboblongo-ovata, atra, nitida, breviter setosa ; scutello oblongo ; tarsis 



riifescentibus. 

 Hab. Moluccas (Batchian). 



Ovate, a little inclining to oblong, shining black, with short scattered 

 black setose hairs ; scutellum oblong ; tarsi ferruginous-red. Length 

 1^ line. 



Smaller than the last, with which it agrees in shape (except that 

 it is a little longer proportionally), punctuation, ikc. ; but it is at once 

 distinguished by its oblong-ovate scutellum. 



Sostea ceneipennis. 

 S. ovata, nigra, nitida, longe setosa ; scutello triangular! ; elytris aeneis ; 



pedibus rufo-fen-ugineis. 

 Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



Ovate, shining bluish-black, with long setose hairs ; prothorax rather 

 sparingly punctui'ed ; scutellum triangular ; elytra brassy ; legs reddish- 

 teri'uginous. Length 2\ lines. 



Sostea cyanoptera. 

 S. ovata, atra, nitida, setosa ; scutello triangulari ; elj'tris laete cyaneis ; 



pedibus feiTugineis. 

 Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



Ovate, shuiing black, with moderately long setose hairs ; prothorax 

 finely pimctm-ed ; scutellum triangular ; elytra rich idtramarine blue ; 

 antennas pale testaceous ; legs ferruginous. Length 2 lines. 



Sostea seciita. 

 S. ovata, fusca, subnitida, setosa; prothorace griseo-pubescenti ; elytris 



obscure cyaneis ; pedibus ferragineis. 

 Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



Ovate, dark brown slightly inclining to reddish, with long setose 

 hairs ; prothorax covered with a short thick greyish pile ; scutellum 

 triangular; elytra deep indigo-blue, shining but slightly, with a pale, 

 thin pubescence ; legs ferruginous. Length 1| line. 



Resembles the last, but is smaller, vnih. a very decided pubescence, 

 which is almost absent in the rest of the genus. 



Sostea ehnoides. 

 S. breviter ovata, fusca, longe setosa, fortiter punctata ; scutello sub- 



cordato ; pedibus rufo-ferrugineis. 

 Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



Shortly ovate, dark brown, with long setose hairs, strongly punctured 

 above ; scutellum subcordate ; legs reddish-ferruginous. Length H line. 



Broader and more lounded at the apex of the elyti'a than any of 

 its congeners, and proportionably shorter. 



