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short sericeous hairs; epistome transverse; antennae rather more 

 tlian half the length of the body, four lower joints obscure fulvous, 

 more or less stained witli piceous, the rest black ; labrum obscure 

 fulvous ; jaws black. Thorax nearly twice as broad- as long ; 

 sides rounded, slightly concave and nearly parallel at the base, all 

 the angles acute ; surface sparingly clothed on the sides with very 

 short silvery hairs ; convex, finely punctured on the disk, more 

 closely and coarsely punctured on the sides. Scutellum broadly 

 semiovate. Elytra broader than the thorax, t;ipering towards the 

 apex, humeral callus prominent; surface finely impressed with 

 aciculate punctures, irregularly arranged in double longitudinal 

 rows ; interspaces finely but not closely elevate-reticulate below 

 the humeral callus ; on the outer disk are placed three or four 

 longitudinal rows of irregular tubercles, which become gradually 

 lost below the middle ; near the apex the interspaces between the 

 double rows of punctures are faintly thickened. Body beneath 

 densely clothed with silvery sericeous hairs. 



2. Gcloptera purptirata, n. sp. 

 Elongata, valde convexa, dorso subcylindrica, viridi-metallica, 

 pedibus rufo-piceis, femoribus apice eeneis, tarsis nigris ; 

 supra purpureo-caerulea, antennis nigris, basi obscure ful- 

 vis ; thorace subcrebre punctato, argenteo-sericeo ; elytris 

 sparse argenteo-sericeis, aciculato-punctatis, punctis in striis 

 bifariis confuse dispositis ; interspatiis leviter et irregulariter 

 impresso-strigosis, disco exteriori elevato-reticulatis. 

 Long. 3g lin. 

 Hab. Celebes. 



Head very closely rugose-punctate, clothed with adpressed 

 silvery hairs ; front impressed with a longitudinal groove; epi- 

 stome broader than long, pentagonal ; labrum fulvous ; jaws black ; 

 five or six lower joints of the antennae obscure fulvous, more 

 or less stained with seneous, five upper joints scarcely thickened, 

 black ; eyes not prominent. Thorax half as broad again as long; 

 sides rounded, nearly straight and parallel at the base, all the 

 angles armed with an acute tooth ; surface convex, somewhat 

 closely punctured, clothed with adpressed silvery hairs. Scutel- 

 lum broadly semiovate, its apex metallic-green. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax, parallel, scarcely narrowed posteriorly ; upper 

 surface sparingly clothed with very fine sericeous hairs, impressed 

 with fine aciculate punctures which are irregularly arranged in 



