4 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



Chrysas^is vwidipennis (PL I. fig. 5). 



C, capite thoraceque atro-cyaneis, punctatis ; hoc mar- 

 ginibus lateralibus viridibus ; elytris aureo-viridibus, 

 Bubrugulosis, apicibus denticulatis : subtus aureo- 

 cuprea. 



Head and thorax cyaneous blacky the former green 

 round the inner margins of the eyes, the latter with its 

 lateral margins green. Elytra bright brassy-green with 

 golden reflections on the sides. Beneath, fiery red. 

 Legs green with golden reflections. Antennae with the 

 three basal joints green, the rest black. 



Head punctured, deeply excavated between the eyes. 

 Thorax, at the base, once and thi'ee-quarters as broad as 

 long; anterior margin much raised, emarginate, a little 

 more than half as long as the base ; sides raised, diverg- 

 ing in nearly straight lines for half their entire length, 

 then slightly augulate and subparallel to the base ; pos- 

 terior angles acute ; base with a large rounded central 

 lobe ; surface punctured ; disk somewhat triangularly 

 raised, sides very rugosely punctured. Elytra finely 

 and longitudinally rugose, sides slightly angulate at the 

 shoulders, apex of each with seven or eight teeth. Un- 

 derside and legs punctured. 



Length 21 lines ; breadth 8 lines. 



Hab. — Gaboon. 



Psiloptera Batesii (PI. I. fig. 3) . 



P. capite thoraceque fusco-asneis, viridi-punctatis, hoc 

 linea dorsali depressa ; elytris fuscis, viridipunctatis, 

 foveolis aureis sparsis ornatis : subtus viridis, rugosa. 



Head green. Thorax bronzy-brown, thickly punctured 

 with green on the sides. Elytra bronzy-brown, with green 

 punctures at the base and sides, and with several irre- 

 gular round golden pubescent foveolas. Underside and 

 legs green. Antennae with the first joint green, the rest 

 bronzy. 



Head rugose. Thorax twice as broad at the base as 

 long ; anterior margin a little more than half as long as 

 the base ; sides diverging rapidly for about half their 

 length, then slightly emarginate to the posterior angles, 

 which are somewhat produced and acute ; base with a 

 large shallow median lobe ; surface remotely punctured 



