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Colpodes speculator, Harold. 

 Harold, I. c, p. 214. 

 Hakone (Db'nitz) ; Chiuzenji (Leivis). 



Colpodes aurelius. 



C. modestiori proxime affinis, differt solum thorace 

 angustiori late cordato elytrisque aurato-aeneis ; testaceo- 

 rufus, capite et thorace supra et infra nigro-castaneis, 

 hujus lateribus rufis ; capite sicut in C. modestiore rela- 

 tive parvo, post oculos parurn elongato ; thorace breviter 

 cordato-quadrato postice sinuato-angustato, angulis ob- 

 tusis sed distinctis, lateribus minus late explanatis, valde 

 reflexis ; elytris profunde striatis striis punctatis. Long. 

 7 mm. 



Miyanoshita and Oyama. 



A large series, quite constant in the slight characters 

 which distinguish it from C. modestior. The colour of 

 the elytra is more golden brassy than in C. lampros, and 

 has less of green tinge. 



C. modestior is found also abundantly at Miyanoshita, 

 and thence in various localities to Hiogo. 



Colpodes rubriolus. 



C. ruficipiti (auct.) similis. Laete pallido-rufus, elytris 

 (cum epipleuris) viridi cyaneis margine basali et scutello 

 rufis, femoribus apice nigris ; thorace quadrato, paullo 

 ante medium modice dilatato, antice magis quam pos- 

 tice angustato, angulis posticis obtusis sed distinctis ; 

 elytris ovatis, apice oblique biflexuoso-truncatis, angulo 

 suturali spinoso, dorso punctulato-striato, disco post 

 medium depresso, interstitiis planis ; tarsorum articulo 

 4to anguste bilobato, posticorum lobis brevioribus parum 

 inaequalibus. Long. 7j mm. 



Near Kami-ichi ; one example beaten off a large Celtis. 

 In Ceylon an allied species occurs commonly in garden- 

 refuse. 



The C. ruficeps was originally described in the " Annu- 

 losa javanica " by Macleay ; the name was afterwards 

 applied by Eschscholtz to a Manilla species, and later 

 on by Chaudoir to a species found in Bengal, Southern 



