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above and the under side of the insect in parts tinted 

 with reneous, the raised interstices of the elytra more 

 brown. Thorax as in aiinqyicta, but a little narrower, 

 rather straight at the sides posteriorly, obhquely 

 narrowed in front of the middle ; the surface is uneven, 

 moderately and thickly punctured, with a shallow medial 

 impression, and an obscure oblique impressed line on 

 each side in front. The elytra have numerous small 

 round, brassy, frosted spots in lines on the alternate 

 interstices, similar to those in aiiropicta ; and there is a 

 large quadrangular frosted space on the margin, some 

 distance from the shoulder, and a similar smaller one 

 some way from the apex ; the spaces are not round, as 

 in anropicta, and, not being on a black ground,_ they do 

 not show so distinctly as in anropicta; the apex is brown 

 and fringed with yellow hair, the external angle distinctly 

 dentiform. The prosternal process is purple in the 

 middle, and has a medial impressed line, sparingly but 

 strongly punctured. The abdomen has the middle of 

 the intercoxal process and the irregular smooth spaces 

 at the sides of the segments, purple ; the apical segment 

 is as if divided into three equal parts by two straight 

 Hues, which meet in the middle of the base of the 

 segment, and diverge posteriorly ; the middle portion is 

 smooth, shining purple; the lateral portions are thickly 

 punctured, brassy, and pubescent. The under margin 

 of the elytra is dull seneous. 



Length llj lines. 



Hal). — Madagascar. 



CoccineUopsis anropicta, Lap. & Gory. 



This well-known species in its typical form is rather 

 dull, dark brassy below, with strongly sculptured elytra, 

 with their apex gently prolonged. C. qnadrispilota, 

 L. & G., I am unable to distinguish from it. Of both 

 these, there are in this Museum specimens- compared 

 with the original types by Mr. Edw. Saunders. 



C. Scha-nhcrri, Chev., of which the type is ni this 

 Museum, is scarcely distinct ; it has the same dark 

 brassy coloration below, but the elytra are scarcely as 

 much produced at the apex and the striae are more 

 obsolete towards the margin. 



C. mystica, Thomson, is like Schrnhcrri above, but is 

 more brilliant and green below. One of the Museum 



