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antennae [the ftrst joint excepted) and tlie tibiœ and tarsi, black; 

 thorax subquadrate, nearly impunctale; elytra with some distinct 

 punctures at tliebase only, the dise impunctate . 



Length 5 lines. 



Head constricted behind the eyes, the vertex with a short longi- 

 tudinal groove, eyes deeply notclied, the space surrounding them, 

 slighly rugose, clypeus swollen, nearly impunctate with a few 

 yellow hairs, palpi slender, antennae not extending much beyond 

 the base of the elytra, black, the first joint fulvous, the three fol- 

 lowing ones short, shilling, the other joints pubescent, nearly equal 

 and moderately dattened, longer than broad; thorax scarcely longer 

 than broad, subcylindrical, the sides not very deeply constricted, 

 the basai sulcus rather feeble, placed close to the basai margin, the 

 surface convex, with a few fine punctures, placed longitudinally at 

 the dise ; scutellum edged with fuscous; elytra with a very obsolète 

 dépression below the base, flavous and shining like the rest of the 

 upper surface, with rows of small piceous spots, but without punc- 

 tures except near the basai portion, where four short rows of deep 

 punctures are placed, which only extend as far as the dépression, 

 the latéral margin is aecompamed by a deeply impressed groove ; 

 the breast and the femora, like the head and thorax, are of a more 

 fulvous colour and darker than the other parts, tibiae and tarsi 

 black. 



Hab. : Philippine Islands (Collection Brussels Muséum and 

 my own). 



The four spécimens, formerly contained in the Chapuis col- 

 lection and named by this author G. nucea Lac. var. certainly 

 seem to me to be distinct from that species. Lacordaire describes 

 the anfenna? and legs as fulvous, which is not the case hère and 

 the elytra hâve no trace of any pur.ctuation except near the base; 

 since ail the spécimens before me do not differ from each other in 

 any way, I think I am justifîed as considering the species distinct 

 from G. nucea. 



Crioceris obscuro-plagiata n. sp. — Black, thorax fl avons, 

 strongly punctur éd. ; elytra flavous, strongly but remotely punc- 

 tured anteriorly, the punctures veryjïne at the dise, each elytron 

 with an obscure longitudinal band from the middle to the apex, 

 femora fulvous at the base. 



Hab. : 4 lines. 



Head black, the neck fulvous, constricted, the anterior portion 

 sparingly pubescent, antennae very short, only extending to the 

 base of the elytra, black, the lower two or three joints shining, 

 the rest opaque, pubescent, broader than long; thorax not longer 



