184 Mr. Chas. 0. Waterhoiise on the 



Carcinias annlifer, n. sp. 



Allied to C. scapularis, Guerin, but larger, darker, 

 more depressed, and with the suhapical yellow patch on 

 the elytra replaced by a streak of white pile. Head and 

 thorax nearly black ; the latter of the same form as in 

 scapularis, and similarly sculptured, but the depressed 

 portions are not brassy, scarcely tinted with purple. The 

 elytra are black, with slight tints of pm'ple here and 

 there ; less compressed below the shoulders, which are 

 consequently less elevated ; each elytron has three 

 distinct but obtuse costae, which do not reach the apex ; 

 the interstices are coarsely punctured, or rather wrinkled ; 

 there are some small impressed rings, and near the 

 shoulders some impressions which are frosted and of a 

 slight coppery colour, and filled with fine grey pile ; the 

 exterior apical portion is smooth. The under side of the 

 insect is chiefly dark green, with dark coppery purple in 

 parts ; the prosternal process is smooth, shining, golden 

 green ; the metathoracic parapleura are closely and 

 coarsely punctate-rugose. The abdomen is moderately, 

 thickly, and very strongly punctured ; there are no 

 distinct white pubescent spots on the 2nd to 4th 

 segments as in scapularis. 



Length 22 lines. 



Hah. — Antananarivo (Toy). 



Carcinias cczruUipcs, n. sp. 



Allied to P. scenica, Gory, similarly coloured above, 

 with broader thorax, with the elytra much less attenuated 

 at the apex, and without the fulvous pubescent fascia 

 near the apex ; bright golden and green beloAV, with 

 coppery reflections, with blue legs. Thorax much less 

 narrowed in front than in scenica, more arcuate at the 

 sides ; the sculpture above is somewhat similar, but there 

 are no smooth spots on each side of the disk, as in 

 scenica. The elytra are less deflexed at the sides, more 

 parallel, only moderately attenuated at the apex, the 

 shoulders less projecting ; the sculpture is very similar ; 

 there are numerous small round spots scattered over the 

 surface, those on the middle of each elytron are arranged 

 in two oblique lines ; these spots are coppery, and filled 

 with fine whitish pubescence. The under side of the 

 insect is very brilliant ; the prosternal process is smooth, 

 green. The metathoracic parapleura have a few obscure 



