92 BOTRTONOPA. 



Labium subelongatum ; mentum (fig. 6/) siibpentagonum, lateribiis 

 constrictum ; Hgida (fig. 6 g) siibquadi'ata, apice rotundata. 



Caput antice deorsum paullo reclive, oculis sinuatis. 



Thorax subquacbatus, antice paiillo productus, lateribus basi emar- 

 ginatis, angulis posticis dente acuto armatis, anticis fere obso- 

 letis. 



ScuteUum oblongo-ovatum. 



Elytra thoracis basi latiora, oblongo-elongata, parallela, apice rotun- 

 data, sutura dente parvo armata, supra subconvexa, dorso sub- 

 complanata, fortiter punctata*. 



Pedes robusti, \ix mediocres ; femoribus (anticis praescrtim) incras- 

 satis, elongato-ovatis, subtus dente parvo armatis ; tibiis sim- 

 plicibus ; tarsis latis. 



Corpus elongatiim, dorso subdepressum. (Type, Botryonopa san- 

 guinea.) 



BotryoTwpa is separated from the two succeeding genera by the 

 more slender antennae, the joints of which are cylindiical, and by 

 the presence of an acute tooth on the under siu'face of the thighs ; 

 the body is also flatter above. 



1. Botryonopa sanguinea, Guer. Tab. VII. Fig. 4. B.M. 



Guer. Rev. ZooL 1840, p. 332. 



B. elongata, subdepressa, sanguinea ; antennis pedibusque (femoribus 



basi exceptis) nigris ; subtus nigro-picea. 

 Long. 7-8 Hn. 



Hah. Java ; Northern India. 



British Museum, and most collections. 



This species varies in colour beneath from sanguineous to almost 

 entirely black. I cannot discover any good specific differences be- 

 tween the specimens from Java and those from Northern India. 



2. Botryonopa Sheppardi, n. sp. B.M. 



B. elongata, subdepressa, sanguinea, nitida; elytrorum dimicho postico 

 metuUico-caei'uleo ; antennis (articulo basaU exeepto) oculisque 

 nigiis ; thorace subquadi-ato, lateribiis sinuate, rugoso-punctato, 

 utrinque basique excavato. 



Long. 7|- lin. 



B. elongate, rather more convex than in the preceding species, pale 

 sanguineous ; posterior half of elytra shining metallic blue. Head 

 punctured, grooved longitudinally, transversely depressed on the 

 vertex, orbits rugose ; antennae black, their basal joint rufous ; 

 eyes pitchy black. Thorax subquadi-atc, apical margin slightly 



* In tliis and several allied genera, the punctures on the siu-face of the elytra 

 are each fiu-nished with a pair of minute teeth. 



