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suture, an irregular transverse band across tlie middle, abbreviated 

 externally, a siibsutural vitta (connected with the lower edge of 

 the transverse band by a short branch) running parallel to the 

 hinder two-fifths of the suture, and, lastly, an oblong patch 

 placed on the outer disk halfway between its middle and apex. 



3. Scelodonla ptilchella, Baly. 

 Desc. New Gen. and Spec. Phyt. p. 1. 

 Oblonga, convexa, laete viridi-metallica, nitida ; pedibus anten- 

 nisque viridi-aeneis, his extrorsum tarsisque nigris ; thorace 

 irregulariter transversim elevato-strigoso ; elytris pilis brevi- 

 bus depressis cinereis sparse vestitis, fortiter punctato-stri- 

 atis, interspatiis sat fortiter punctatis, convexiusculis, antice 

 transversim rugoso-sirigosis, ante apicem costatis ; sutura 

 postice abbreviata plagisque disci nigro-caeruleis. 

 Long. 2 A— 3 lin. 

 Hab. Celebes. 



Head rugose-punctate; front impressed with the usual longi- 

 tudinal groove, anterior margin of epistome angulate-emarginate ; 

 antennae about half the length of the body, slender, filiform. 

 Thorax scarcely longer than broad, sides regularly rounded ; 

 upper surface convex, closely covered with irregular transverse 

 raised strigag, which anastomose freely with each other, interstices 

 punctured. Scutellum subpentagonal, coarsely and closely punc- 

 tured. Elytra strongly punctate-striate, the striae on the middle 

 disk and apex sulcate ; interspaces in front closely and coarsely 

 punctured, transversely rugose-strigose, rendering the striae them- 

 selves indistinct ; below the middle the interspaces are much less 

 closely punctured and slightly convex, those on the outer disk 

 being costate near the apex of the elytron. 



This insect is narrower, and has the elytra less attenuated pos- 

 teriorly than either of the preceding species. 



4. Scelodonla nit'idula, Baly. 



Desc. New Gen. and Spec. Phyt. p. 2. 



Oblonga, convexa, cuprea, nitida; antennis tarsisque nigris; 



thorace irregulariter transversim elevato-strigoso ; scutello 



transverso, pentagono; elytris sparse albido-pilosis, rude punc- 



tato-striiitis, interspatiis ante medium transversim rugosis, infra 



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