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7. Culaspoides simillhna, n. sp. 



Anguste oblonga autoblonga, parallela, convexa, cuprea, niticia, 

 subtus piceo-cuprea ; antennis nigris, his basi, labro palpis- 

 que obscure fulvis ; thorace siibcrebre punctato ; elytris intra 

 marginem lateralem longitudinaliter excavatis, infra basia 

 transversim excavatis, subfortiter siibseriatim punctatis, in- 

 terspatiis planis. 



Var, A. Elytrorum striis minus distinctis. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Malacca, Tringanee. Var. A, Singapore. 



Smaller and less elongate than C. cuprea; epistome shorter and 

 broader, its anterior border produced into two very short obtuse 

 lobes, the space between them concave- emarginate ; head more 

 coarsely punctured ; elytra much more coarsely and deeply punc- 

 tured, the striae near the apt x of the elytra less regular. 



8. Colaspoides robusta, n. sp. 



Late ovata, valde convexa, purpurea, nitida, subtus viridi- 

 micans ; antennis gracilibus, filiformibu«, nigro-purpureis ; 

 thorace subcrebre punctato ; elytris fortiter subcrebre sub- 

 seriatim punctatis. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



Head short, coarsely punctured, its lower portion rugose, the 

 puncturing more distant on the vertex ; front impressed with .i 

 deep longitudinal groove, which terminates before reaching tie 

 apex of the epistome ; epistome broader than long, sides con- 

 verging backwards and slightly rounded, apex depressed, noc 

 separated from the face, anterior border nearly straight ; an- 

 tennae slender, filiform, longer than the body, the two lower 

 joints obscure fulvous beneath. Thorax more than twice as 

 broad as long, sides nearly straight and parallel behind the 

 middle, thence rounded and converging to the apex ; upper 

 surface rather closely punctured, sides strongly deflexed in front. 

 Elytra scarcely broader tlum the thorax, sides parallel, apex 

 regularly rounded ; surface not excavated below the basihir 

 space, covered with numerous irregular rows of deep punctures; 

 interspaces near the apex thickened, subcostate. Thighs un- 

 armed. 



