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elytris infra basin non aut obsolete transversim depressis ; 



epistomate angulato-emarginato. 

 Var. A. Viiidi-metallicus. 

 Long. 3\—5\ lin. 



Hab. Malacca, Tringanee, Penang, Sumatra (sec. Fabr.) Var. 

 A. Java ; also Silhet. 



Head coarsely punctured, anterior margin of epistome angu- 

 late-emarginate ; four or five basal joints of antennae rufo-piceous 

 beneatli, the second and third sometimes entirely so, the basal 

 joint cupreo-aureous. Thorax subcylindrical above, sides sliglitly 

 rounded, scarcely converging in front, anterior angle armed with 

 a short tooth. Elytra much broader than the thorax, sides parallel, 

 apex broadly rounded ; surface very coarsely and closely punc- 

 tured. Body beneath and legs more or less stained with metallic 

 green. 



2. Bromius P/ii/'/ppinensis, Baly. 

 Journ. of Entora. ii. p. 219. 



Oblongus, valde convexus, viridi-caeruleus, nitidus, violaceo- 

 micans, supra pilis brevibus subrectis fuscis vestitus ; thorace 

 subgloboso, subcrebre punctato ; elytris subcrebre punctatis, 

 infra basin leviter transversim impressis ; tibiis intermediis 

 extus ante apicem late emarginatis ; corpore subtus pilis 

 cinereis adpressis sat dense vestito ; antennis subfiliformibus, 

 cracilibus. 



Var. A. Viridi-asneus. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Philippine Islands (Manilla). 



Larger, more finely and less closely punctured than B. hirtus, 

 clothed with finer pubescence, which is white, sparingly inter- 

 mixed with black. Thorax more convex above, subglobose. 

 Elytra with a distinct transverse depression below the basilar 

 space; surface more finely punctured, and clothed with much 

 finer and more silky pubescence than in the preceding insect. 



3. Bromius evanescent, Baly. (PI. V. fig. 3.) 



Journ. of Entom. ii. p. 220. 



Breviter oblongo-ovatus, valde convexus, cupreus, subcrebre 

 punctatus, supra pube erectd sat dense insiructus ; labro 



