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8. Colasposoma splendidum, Fabr. 

 Eumolpus splendidus, Fabr. Syst. El. i. p. 420. 

 ? E. melalllcus, Fabr. loc. cit. (Amboina). 

 Late oblongum, convexum, viridi-metallicum aut seneum, infra 

 viridi-aeneum ; capite fortiter punctato, fronte utrinque elevato- 

 strigosa, in medio longitudinaliter sulcata, epistomate apice 

 tuberculo obtuso instructo ; thorace lateribus rotundatis, disco 

 subremote, ad latera crebrius punctato; elytris confuse, apicem 

 versus subseriatim punctatis, interspatiis impresso-reticulatis, 

 infra humeros excavatis, irregulariter elevato-reticulatis, intra 

 marginem lateralem costatis ; femoribus anticis incrassatis, 

 subtus obsolete unidentatis. 

 Long. 3| lin. 



Hab. Tringanee, Java, Celebes. 



Head deeply punctured, sides obliquely elevate-strigose ; middle 

 of the front longitudinally sulcate ; epistome pentagonal, rather 

 longer than broad, upper portion of its surface coarsely rugose- 

 punctate, the punctures in front placed in irregular rows, apex with 

 a distinct tubercle; jaws and labrum black. Thorax three times 

 as broad as long, sides regularly rounded ; surface rather remotely 

 punctured on the disk, sides more closely punctured. Scutellum 

 impressed with remote punctures. Elytra rather broader and 

 more strongly punctured than the thorax, the punctures con- 

 fused on the anterior disk, irregularly arranged in longitudinal 

 rows towards the apex ; interspaces finely and rather minutely 

 and remotely punctured, loosely impresso-reticulate, thickened 

 and irregularly reticulate below the humeral callus, costate within 

 the lateral margin. 



9. Colasposoma rugidosum, n. sp. 



Anguste oblongum, convexum, cupreum, nitidum, corpore sub- 

 tus antennisque fulvo-'piceis, his extrorsum nigris ; capite 

 rugoso-punctato ; thorace lateribus rotundatis, antice conver- 

 gentibus, dorso utrinque excavato, crebre punctato; elytris 

 thorace paullo latioribus, parallelis, sat crebre confuse sub- 

 striatim punctatis, interspatiis disci exterioris rude elevato- 

 reticulatis. 



Var. A, Corpore subtus cupreo. 



Long. 2^ lin. 



Hab. Malacca. 



This species may be known fron) its congeners by its narrow 



