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Scutellum latum. 



Elytra oblongo-ovata vel ovata, dorso subdepressa, margine angiiste 

 explauata. 



Pedes mediocres ; femoribiis paullo ampliatis ; tibiis curvatis ; tarsis 

 (fig. 1 i) latis, articiilo primo transverso-quadrato, extrorsum 

 paullo ampliato, antice concavo emarginato, secundo transverso, 

 lateribus rectis. 



Corpus oblongo-ovatum vel ovatum, postice paullo ampliatum, dorso 

 complanatum. (Type, Hispodonta nigrieornis.) 



1. Hispodonta nigricoriiis, n. sp. Tab. VI, Fig. 6. B.M. 



H. oblongo-elongata, postice paullo ampliata, subdepressa, supra pal- 

 Ude fiilva ; antennis scutelloque nigris ; subtus nigra ; capite 

 thoraceque pallidc fulvis. 



Long. 7 lin. 



H. oblong- elongate, slightly broader behind the middle, subdepressed ; 

 above pale fulvous ; antennae and scutellum shining black. Head 

 smooth, front produced beyond the eyes, tnincate, armed between 

 the antenna with a spiniform plate, the apex of this latter curved 

 sHghtly upwards ; antennae longer than half the body, entirely 

 black ; vertex with a deep longitudinal groove, which iims forward 

 to the base of the frontal spine. Thorax subconic ; sides sinuate 

 near the base ; surface transversely depressed near the base, sides 

 ii'regiilarly impressed ; distinctly but not very closely punctiired, 

 punctiu-es irregularly crowded on the sides and base ; anterior 

 margin and the central portion of the disc impunctate, Scu- 

 tellum black, impunctate. Elytra much broader than the thorax, 

 oblong-ovate, their outer border moderately dilated, subhorizontal ; 

 apex rounded, subtmncate near the suture ; above slightly con- 

 vex, subdepressed along the back ; sm-face closely covered with 

 distinct, deeply hnpressed fuscous punctures, arranged in striae 

 near the suture, in-egular over the rest of the suiface. Beneath 

 shining black ; head and thorax pale fulvous ; apical segment of 

 abdomen sinuate. 



Hah. Philippine Islands. Collected by H. Cuming, Esq. 

 Unique in the Museum collection. 



2. Hispodonta janthina (Blanch,), B.M. 



Ceplialoleia janthina, -B/rt;(c7i., J)' Z7m&'s Voi/. auP6leSud,t. iv. p. 314. 



pi. 18. fig. 7. 



H. ovata, depressa, fulva ; antennis nigris, basi nifis ; prothorace xix 

 punctate ; elytris violaceis, basi apiceque fulvis. 



Var. A. Elytris fulvis, plaga magna communi violacea. 

 Long. 5-6 Hn. 



Hah. Celebes, collected by Mr, "Wallace. 



British Museum, and collections of W. W. Saunders, Esq., and 

 J. S. Baly. Var. A. in the private collection of Mr. Wallace. 



