and Species of Hispidce. 375 



joint flavous, the second and third, in the c?, pale 

 piceous. Thorax much longer than broad, moderately 

 constricted at the base, sides slightly but distinctly 

 swollen in front of the constriction ; surface smooth and 

 shining, impunctate. Elytra parallel, regularly rounded 

 at the apex, their anterior third flavous, the remaining 

 portion metallic blue. 



This insect may possibly be a variety of P. ccerulei- 

 pennis, Blanch. 



Genus Botryonopa, Blanch. 

 (Sp. 5.) Botryonopa cyanoptera. 



Elongata, parallela, dorso depressa, rufa, nitida ; anten- 

 nis (basi excepta) nigris ; thorace opaco, foveolato-punc- 

 tato, ante apicem declivi, leevi ; elytris cyaneis, sat pro- 

 funde punctato-striatis, interspatiis subrugoso-reticulatis. 



Long. 7^ lin. 



Hah. — Borneo. 



Antennae more than half the length of the body; 

 shining black, one or two basal joints rufous. Thorax 

 rather broader than long, sides narrowly margined, 

 parallel from the base to beyond the middle, thence 

 obliquely converging and slightly rounded to the apex ; 

 above opaque, moderately convex, deflexed in front, im- 

 pressed just in front of the base with a short broad 

 transverse fossa, from the anterior edge of which a faint 

 longitudinal groove runs forwards in the medial line as 

 far as the base of the deflexed portion; hinder three- 

 fourths of the disc covered (the medial line excepted) 

 with large oblong punctures. Elytra parallel, acutely 

 rounded at the apex, each notched at the sutural angle, 

 and armed with an acute tooth. Thighs obsoletely 

 toothed beneath. 



(Sp. 6.) Botryonopa imperialis. 



Anguste elongata, parallela, dorso depressa, nigra, ni- 

 tida ; thorace foveolato-punctato, ante medium declivi, 

 Igevi, disco medio longitudinaliter carinato, utrinque trans- 

 versim svdcato; elytris apice conjunctim subacutis, pro- 

 funde punctato-striatis, cyaneis; femoribus unispinosis, 

 anticis pauUo incrassatis ; tibiis anticis extus ante apicem 

 dente parvo armatis. 



