Coleoptera of the Family Iutelide. 553 
4. Chlorota associata, n.s. 
Late ovalis, convexa, nigro-cyanea, nitens, subtus 
olivacea ; elytris sulcatis, interstitio primo fortiter punc- 
tato. Long. 12 lin. 
Head sparingly and delicately punctured; clypeus 
rugulose, parabolic in outline. Thorax 7 millimetres 
long, 18 millimetres broad, very convex, moderately 
thickly and extremely finely and delicately punctured, 
broadest at the posterior angles, scarcely narrowed to 
about the middle, then very obliquely narrowed to the 
front ; the sides near the incrassated margin closely and 
coarsely punctured ; the base slightly oblique on each 
side, straight (or only in the slightest degree emarginate) 
in the middle next the scutellum. Scutellum 5 milli- 
metres long, and equally broad at the base, triangular, 
blunt at the apex, very delicately punctured. Elytra each 
with eight or nine very strongly obtusely impressed punc- 
tured lines (besides the sutural stria), the first broad 
interstice very strongly punctured, the 3rd to 7th inter- 
stices convex (especially the alternate ones), the 7th only 
convex posteriorly; the apex with some strong punctures ; 
apical callus not distinct. Pygidium moderately closely 
vermiculate-striate. Sternal process very short and 
obtuse. Body below clothed with dark brown pubescence. 
Outer claw of the anterior tarsi with a sharp slender 
hook near the base ; the other claws simple. 
Hab. Keuador, Chiguinda (Buckley). 
TRANS. ENT. soc. 1881.—PaRT IV. (DEC.) 40 
