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Atysa nitidicollis. 

 Anguate elongata, parallela, nigra, nitida, metallico purpureo 

 tincta, poctore, femoribus, apice exceptis, scutello elytrisque fulvis ; 

 his opace dense sericeis, crobre punctatis, tertio apicali metallico- 

 purpureo ; thorace utrinque profunde excavato, teuuiter subremote 

 pnnctato. Long. 3f lin. 



Hah. Ke (Wallace). 



Head trigonate, not longer than broad ; vertex and front finely 

 and remotely punctured. Thorax scarcely one-half broader than 

 long ; sides diverging fr-om the base to beyond the middle, thence 

 nearly parallel to the apex ; disk finely and subremotely punctured, 

 deeply excavated on either side. Elytra closely but rather strongly 

 punctured. 



Atiisa> Jansoni. 



Anguste elongata, parallela, subtus cum capite nigra, subnitida ; 

 supra opaca, fulva ; thorace transversim depresso, utrinque magis 

 fortiter excavato, crebre punctato; elytris crebre pmictatis, dense 

 sericeis, diniidio postico nigro. Long. 21 — 3 lin. 



Hah. New Guinea {Wallace). 



Vertex and front finely rugose-punctate. Thorax one-half broader 

 than long ; sides obtusely rounded, diverging at the base ; disk 

 concave, more deeply excavated on either side, coarsely and closely 

 granulose-punctate. Elytra closely punctured, densely sericeous, 

 their posterior half black, this colour extending upwards along the 

 suture nearly to the base. 



Atysa sulcicollis. 



Anguste elongata, parallela, nigra nitida, sericea, capite tho- 

 raceque glabris, hoc disci medio, nee non ad basin transversiin 

 sulcato ; scutello elytrisque fulvis ; his opacis, crebre punctatis, 

 dense sericeis, utroque plaga magna, ad marginem adfixa, a basi 

 ad ultra medium extensa fulva ornato. Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. Malay Archipelago (Wallace). 



Head longer than broad, subcuneiform, clypeus large, shining, 

 impunctate ; mouth piceous ; antennae nearly equal to the body in 

 length, more robust than in the other species. Thorax twice as 

 broad as long ; sides obtusely angulate, sinuate anteriorly ; upper 

 surface minutely and subremotely punctured ; middle disk with a 

 deep transverse sulcation, which extends on either side nearly to 

 the lateral margin ; at the base is a similar groove, which is 



