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being golden green, tinted here and there with coppery, 

 with blackish marks on the elytra ; the under side is 

 entirely bright green, with golden reflections. It differs 

 from aureopilosa in having the thorax more coarsely 

 punctured. The elytra are more convex, more attenuated 

 and prolonged at the apex, a little more expanded at the 

 shoulders ; without any distinct round pubescent spots. 

 The under flanks of the thorax are very coarsely 

 punctured ; the prosternal process is coarsely but not 

 very thickly punctured. The intercoxal process of the 

 abdomen is strongly punctured ; the middle of the 

 abdomen is nearly as much punctured as the rest. 

 Length 20 lines. 



Ha h. — Madaga sc ar . 



This species is clearly allied to P. obiusa, Lap. & Gory, 

 but is differently coloured. 



Laconidcs chalyhcoventralis, Thomson. 



I have hitherto regarded this as a dark variety of 

 P. aureopilosa, Guerin, and I think if it be separated as 

 a species it wdll be necessary to consider the varieties of 

 P. impressipennis above noticed as species also. 



Phohctodes vespertilio, Thomson. 



I have regarded this as a smooth variety of P. Goryi ; 

 the specimens from Antananarivo and Fianarantsoa 

 recently received are, however, smoother on an average 

 than those formerly received, and for which we have no 

 precise locality. 



Enharpya chaotica, Thomson. 



The single specimen of this species in the Museum 

 and one in Mr. Janson's collection are females ; of 

 E. amorpha there is only a single male in the Museum ; 

 so that, as M. Thomson does not mention the question 

 of sexes in his description, I shall hold to my opinion 

 that they are sexes of the same species. Great care is 

 required in distinguishing the sexes of these insects. 



Carcinias spectralis, Thomson. 

 I cannot distinguish this from P. scapidaris, Guerin. 



