312 Mr. Edward Saunders' Notes on 



tice impressionibus duabus flavo-tomentosis oniata. Subtus 

 aureo-viridis. 



Golden-green ; head cjaneous, in some specimens pm-ple, 

 and in one variety green ; raised portions of the thorax 

 and elytra cyaneous. 



Head excavated between the eyes, strongly punctured. 

 Thorax with the sides somewhat rugose, surface strongly 

 pmictured, with a raised, smooth dorsal line ; posterior 

 angles acute, above each is a small round fovea ; there is 

 also, on each side, near the anterior angle an iiTegular 

 rugose impression, produced almost to the posterior fovete. 

 Elytra cyaneous, with golden-green reflections, golden 

 punctured and finely rugose, each with the suture and 

 four lines raised and smooth, of these the first and second 

 unite some httle distance above the apex, and then join 

 the fourth at the apex, the third is abbreviated. On each 

 elytron there is a transverse fovea above the middle, 

 another behind the shoulder, and two golden spots behind 

 the middle, one between the fii'st and second costse, the 

 other, a larger one, between the second and fourth ; these 

 depressions are filled Avith a yellow powdery pubescence. 

 Beneath golden-green, punctured, margins of abdominal 

 segments cyaneous. 



Length 8 lines ; breadth 3 lines. 



Female 12 lines ; breadth 4| Hues. 



Hab. — Mindanao. 



Shorter and stouter than smaragdula, Oliv. ; duller, and 

 the elytra less attenuate ; in some specimens the apex only 

 is denticulated. I separate it with doubt, and yet the four 

 specimens I have all agree in character, and are in general 

 aspect quite distinct from smaragdula, Oliv. 



Chrysodema Smaragdula, Oliv. 



Of this exceedingly variable species there are three 

 distinct forms in the collection : — 



1st. The ordinary form — metallic green, with numerous 

 golden fove^ on the elytra ; in this the male is very much 

 smaller than the female. 



There is one male only, from Luzon. 



Four females, from Alabat, Leyte, Luzon and Mindanao. 



2nd. A sraooth, cyaneous-black insect, each elytron 

 with about thirteen small white spots. 



Two females, from Bohol. 



