328 Mr. Edwaixl Saunders' Notes, &:c. 



sides also slightly impressed in front : lateral carinas very 

 sliu'litlv curved. Elytra bronzy-green, linely squanio- 

 ru^ose, covered with ^hort adpi'cssed Avhite hairs. Apex 

 romuloil, iiiiely denticulate. Beneath shining, ]nuietured, 

 covered Avith short white hairs. 



J^ength 2^ lines: breadth i line. 



Ilab. — W. ^Mindanao. 



This species has an almost European appearance. 



Shoiild ft^lhnv hi/pocritus, II. Deyr. 



Trachys prlnceps„ E. S. 



La^te cvanea, subconvexa, humeris prominentlbus. 

 Elvtris postice fascia lata albo-pilosa ornatis. Subtus 

 aMiea. 



Bright blue : head excavated between the eyes. Thorax 

 short, with a few scattered white haii's on the surface ; 

 base deeply lobed in the middle, and with a smaller lobe 

 on each side. Elytra with the shoulders ]>rominent, 

 moderately convex. Sides rounded. Apex widely rounded, 

 above which is a wide white ]nd)escent band, the pubes- 

 cence extending some little way along the suture, towards 

 the base. Beneath bronzy, first four joints of the tursi 

 and their lamelUe testaceous. 



I^ength 2j^ lines; breadth 1^ line. 



Jldh. — Central Luzon. 



By far the finest species I have ever seen of this 

 grou]), in colour almost equalling some of the brilliant 

 species of Brachi/s from S. America. 



Should head the genus. 



Trachys duhia, E. S. 



Obscure a^nea. Elytris tribus fasciis valde sinuatis 

 ornatis. 



I have only one very bad example of this species. The 

 thorax has scattered white hairs over it, and the base is 

 regularly bisinuate. The elytra are covered with very 

 short grey hairs, and have three very narrow zigzag bands 

 of white silvery hairs across them, one situated above the 

 n\iddle, the other two rather close together, about mid- 

 way between the middle and the apex. Sides without 

 carina\ 



Length \i- Hues; breadth % line. 



i/«6.— Bohol. 



