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14. Crioceris P/eifferce, Baly. 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. 3rd Ser. vol. i. p. 614. 



Oblongo-elonaata, subcylindrica, sanguinea, nitida ; antennis 

 (basi excepfa) elytroriimque dimidio antico, tibiis tarsisque 

 nigrn-piceis ; elytris punctato-striatis, piinctis infra basin sat 

 profiinde, prope apicem tenuiter impressis. 



Long. 3^ — 4| lin. 



Hab. Amboina, Ceram. First brought home by Madame 

 Pfeiffer, and subsequently by Mr. Wallace. 



Head deeply constricted behind the eyes ; face forming a some- 

 what elongated triangle ; front smooth, without longitudinal im- 

 pression ; antenna scarcely half the length of the body, some- 

 what slender, filiform, fifth joint shorter than the two preceding 

 united, three lower joints rufous, the rest black ; eyes broadly 

 notched. Thorax subquadrate, subcylindrical, sides deeply con- 

 stricted in the middle, surface smooth, nearly impunctate, a few 

 remote punctures being only visible on the disc under a lens ; in 

 some specimens a row of punctures similar to that in C. impressa 

 runs down the middle of the disc. Scutellum forming an elongated 

 triangle, the apex of which is rounded ; its surface glabrous. 

 Elytra much broader than the thorax, nearly four times its 

 length, oblong, sides nearly parallel, apex broadly rounded ; 

 above convex, transversely but obsoletely depressed below the 

 basilar space, longitudinally impressed within the humeral callus ; 

 each elytron with eleven rows of punctures, the first short; punc- 

 tures placed at more regular intervals on the striae than in 

 C. Clarkii, deeply impressed in front, very small and finely im- 

 pressed on the hinder half of the elytron, but nevertheless distinct 

 to the apex ; interspaces smooth, impunctate. The black colour 

 on the elytra varies in extent, in some specimens occupying less 

 than half, in others covering two-thirds of the surface. Abdomen 

 somewhat sparingly clothed with adpressed fulvous hairs, which 

 form, however, a distinct row just within the edge of each seg- 

 ment. Hinder thighs not extending beyond the first two seg- 

 ments of the abdomen. 



15. Crioceris Doryca, Boisd. 

 Lac. Mon. Phyt. i. p. 570. 



" Oblonga, rufo-ferruginea ; antennis (articulis quatuor baseos 

 praetermissis), abdomine, femoribus posticis dorso, tibiis intus, 

 tarsisque nigris ; prolhorace medio modice coarctato, supra 

 Isevi, disco lineatim subtiliter pnnctulato ; [scutello glabro] ; 

 elytris obscure aeneo-viridibus, nitidissimis, convexis, basi 



