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insect, the female with a latéral costa commencing at the shoulders 

 and gradually disappearing towards the apex; claws bifld. 



This small species bas quite the appearance of a Xanthonia, but 

 the emarginate eyes and distinct margin of the thorax place it in 

 the présent genus. 



Chalcophana divisa n. sp. 



Black, the head and thorax fulvous , very sparingly punctured, 

 elytra fulvous at the anterior half, black posteriorly, the latter 

 portion very closely and irregularly punctured, legs fulvous, 

 slreaked with black. 



Length 3 1/2 lines. 



Head with a few minute punctures, deeply longitudinally grooved 

 between the antennae, the labrum piceous, the antennae slender, 

 black, the lower two joints and the third joint below, fulvous, 

 third and fourth joints equal ; thorax twice as broad as long, 

 narrowed in front, the sides slightly rounded at the middle, the 

 anterior angles acute, the surface irapressed with a few minute 

 punctures; scutellum black; elytra strongly convex with a very 

 slight dépression towards the sides at the base, the anterior half 

 fulvous, punctate-striate, the punctures much larger and closely 

 placed at the sides, the posterior half black, very closely, strongly 

 and irregularly punctured, the interstices at the sides closely 

 reticulate, the sides with a rather obsolète costa and a more 

 distinct but shorter one at the shoulder (9); underside black with 

 a greenish gloss, legs fulvous, the outer edge of the femora and 

 tibiae and the tarsi entirely black. 



Of this species, only a single female spécimen is contained in this 

 collection, it difïers from C. seminigra Har. and Q. dimidiala Baly 

 in the entirely irregular and almost confluent punctuation of the 

 elytra at their posterior portion and the black breast and abdomen. 

 0. Jacobyi Baly although similarly coloured, diflers also totally in 

 the sculpture of the elytra. 



Chalcophana suturalis n. sp. 



Rufous, antennae [the lower three joints excepted) black ; thorax 

 finely and sparingly punctured ; elytra metallic green, regularly 

 and strongly punctate-striate , the sides costate, the suturai, latéral 

 and apical margins, rufous. 



Length 3 1/2 lines. 



Fem. Head closely and finely punctured, antennae black, the 

 lower three joints fulvous; thorax at least twice as broad as long, 



