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seriatim punctatis, extus infra basin late transversim de- 

 pressis et iiregiilariter elevato-strigosis. 



^'ar. A. Corpore viridi-metallico. 



Var. B. Corpore viridi-metallico ; elytris aureis. 



Var. C. Corpore purpureo ; elytris cupreo-auieis, viridi-mar- 

 ginatis. 



Long. 3 1 — !■ lin. 



Hab. Celebes. 



Head coarsely and closely punctured ; middle of the front im- 

 pressed with a short longitudinal groove, interspaces thickened ob- 

 liquely, elevate-strigate on either side the front ; anterior border of 

 the epistome angulate-emarginate ; antennae two-thirds the length 

 of the body, black, basal joints stained with piceous. Thorax twice 

 as broad as long ; sides rounded, scarcely converging in front, 

 all the angles armed with a small obtuse tooth ; surface somewhat 

 closely and irregularly punctured, puncturing coarser on the sides, 

 on either side is a shallow ill-defined excavated space. Scutellum 

 longer than broad, semiovate. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 broadly oblong, parallel, their apex broadly rounded ; above con- 

 vex, excavated below the shoulder, surface covered with distinct 

 punctures, arranged in irregular rows ; interspaces on the outer 

 disk below the shoulder coarsely raised, and forming irregular 

 transverse strigae. 



2. Colasposoma Cumingii, n. sp. 

 Oblongum, convexum, obscure viridi-aeneum, nitidum, supra 

 viridi-metallicum, ore antennisque nigris ; fronte subtumidd, 

 tuberculo oblongo margine inferiori instruct^ ; thorace dis- 

 tincte minus crebre punctato ; elytris thorace paullo latio- 

 ribus, irregulariter subseriatim punctatis, infra humeros late 

 excavatis et irregulariter elevato-strigosis. 

 Var. A. Corpore viridi-aeneo ; elytris aeneis aut roseo-aeneis. 

 Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Philippine Islands. 



Head more finely and less closely punctured than in the last 

 species ; front swollen, sides of its upper portion obliquely elevate- 

 strigate, lower border furnished with an oblong tubercle ; upper 

 border of epistome coarsely impresso-strigose ; basal joint of an- 

 tennae stained above with cupreous. Thorax more finely and less 

 closely punctured than in C. inconstans. Elytra less regularly 

 punctured, the raised strigae on the shoulder more irregular. 



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