318 Mr. Edward Saunders' Notes on 



Clirysobothris philippinensis, E. S. 



Capite thoraceqne cupreis, hoc marglne anterior! viridi. 

 Elytris teneo-fuscis iitrinque tribus foveolis viridibus or- 

 natis ; margine postice denticulata. Subtus punctata, 

 lateriijus cupreo-fuscis, in medio viridis, femoribus ante- 

 rioribus subtus viridibus. 



Head and thorax coppery, front margin of the latter 

 green ; the former in the $ green in front. Scutelhmi 

 green. Elytra bronzy-brown, each with three small green 

 fbvea3. Beneath and legs coppery-brown, middle of body 

 and extreme base of each thigh green. Tarsi cyaneous. 

 Head pimctured, covered with white hairs, forehead much 

 produced, face depressed, concentrically striate and ^punc- 

 tured. Thorax transversely rugose and punctured, angles 

 slightly truncate, base deeply bisiimate. Elytra punctured, 

 each with three round, small foveee, one at the base, the 

 second just about the middle, the third near the lateral 

 margin, about midway between the second and the apex ; 

 posterior margin denticulate. Beneath punctured, sides 

 covered with white hairs. 



Length 5 j lines ; breadth 2j lines. 



Hah. — Mindanao, Bohol. 



Varies much : the specimen from Bohol has the thorax 

 almost of the same colour as the elytra, which are of a 

 more bronzy tint than in the typical form. 



Ckrysohothris ventralis, E. S. 



- Obscure feneo-fusca. Capite antice cupreo, circulariter 

 striato. Thorace transverse rugoso, angulis truncatis, basi 

 profunde bisiuuata. Elytris punctatis, utrinque foveolis 

 rotundatis aureis tribus notatis. Subtus lateribus cupreo- 

 fuscis, medio viridi. 



Dull bronzy-brown ; head with a coppery tinge, covered 

 with rather long white hairs ; forehead deeply and closely 

 punctured, much produced, terminating in front in an 

 almost straight line ; face flat, concentrically striate, and 

 punctured between the stripe. Thorax nearly square, with 

 angles truncate, base deeply bisinuate, surface transversely 

 rugose and punctured. Elytra punctured, once and three- 

 quarters as long as wide, each Avith three small, round, 

 golden fovero, one at the base, the second just above the 

 middle, and the third midway between the second and the 

 apex but rather nearer the lateral margin ; posterior mar- 



