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Graptodera viridi-cyanea. 



Grata, convexa, subtus nigro-crernlea, supra viridi- 

 cyanea, nitida, antennis nigris; tliorace convexo, sub lente 

 minute et sub remote punctato, eljtris oblongis, tenuiter 

 punctatis. 



Long. 1^ lin. 



Ilab. — Nagasaki. 



Surface of lower half of face, on either side of the 

 narrow, distinctly-raised carina, irregularly Avrinkled ; 

 encarpre triangular, contiguous. Thorax scarcely twice 

 as broad as long, sides at the base nearly straight and 

 parallel, their anterior half obliquely converging and dis- 

 tinctly sinuate, anterior angles slightly produced, obtuse ; 

 upper surface convex, distantly impressed with some minute 

 punctures, only visible imder a lens; basal groove dis- 

 tinctly bisinuate, termxinating on either side at some dis- 

 tance from the lateral border. Elytra oblong, convex, 

 finely punctured, interspaces (seen under a lens) minutely 

 granidose. 



Graptodera picipes. 



Oblongo-ovata, postice paullo ampliata, convexa, nigra, 

 nitida, supra piu-pureo-tincta, antennis basi, femoribus 

 apice tarsisque obscure fulvis; tliorace fere impunctato, 

 basi obsolete transversim sulcato ; elytris oblongis, con- 

 vexis, tenuiter subremote punctatis. 



Long. 1 lin. 



Hah. — Nagasaki. 



Front impunctate; encarpre narrowly v/edge-shaped, 

 oblique, contiguous ; antennai with the five lower joints 

 obscure fulvous, the rest nigro-piceous, basal joints stained 

 above with piceous. Thorax twice as broad as long, sides 

 nearly parallel, anterior angles thickened, obliquely trun- 

 cate ; middle of anterior border slightly notched ; upper 

 surface shining, nearly impunctate, a few fine pimctures 

 only being visible at the base ; basal groove ill-defined, 

 nearly obsolete. Elytra broader than the thorax, slightly 

 broader towards the apex, the latter subacutely rounded ; 

 above convex, very finely and subremotely punctured. 



Graptodera anyustata. 



Elongata, obsciu*e viridi-casrulea, metallica, subtus 

 nigra, antennis nigris, his basi, genubus tarsisque piceis ; 

 tliorace transverso, Itevi, ante basin vage transversim im- 



