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HISPOPRIA. 



4. Botryonopa cyanipennis, n. sp. 



B. elongata, subdcpressa, sanguinea ; elytris purpurco-cyaneis ; 



an tenuis, oenlis pedilnisque nigiis; pectore, abdomine femorimiquc 



basi pallide nifo-piceis. 

 Long. 6i lin. 



B. elongate, slightly flattened above ; head and thorax sanguincoxis ; 

 elytra dark metallic blue ; antennae and eyes black. Head opaque, 

 obscure sanguineous, coarsely punctured ; vertex black. Thorax 

 subquadi'ate, rounded on the front and sides, the latter deeply 

 cmarginate at their base, posterior angles armed with a short 

 acute tooth ; above sUghtly convex, opaque, coarsely but not very 

 closely punctured. BeuteUum sanguineous. Elytra oblong-elon- 

 gate, broader than the base of the thorax ; sides narrowly mar- 

 gined, nearly parallel, slightly broader behind ; theii- apex sub- 

 acutely rounded, cmarginate at the sutui-e ; sutiu'al angle armed 

 with a minute tooth ; above slightly flattened, convex on the sides, 

 depressed along the suture before the middle ; each elytron deeply 

 and regularly impressed with eleven rows of punctiu'cs, the first 

 abbreviated ; interstices obsoletely elevated, subeostate near their 

 apex. Beneath pale sanguineous ; pleura?, abdomen, and base of 

 thighs pale shining rufo-pieeous ; their apex, the tibia) and tarsi 

 black ; jiosterior pair of thighs unarmed. 



Hab. Singapore. 



A single specimen in the private collection of A. Wallace, Esq. 



Genus XXY. HISPOPRIA. Details, Tab. II. Fig. 5. 



Antenna' (fig. 5 a) super tubercula duo insert'cB. robusta?, filiformes, 

 corporis dimidio longitiKhne, articulo primo incrassato, clavato, 

 secundo brevi, cseteris oblongis, fere requalibus, ultimo sub- 

 acute. 



Lahrum (fig. 5 b) transversum, declive. 



Mandibulci' (fig. 5 c) oblique truncatoe. 



Palpi modice robusti ; maxlJlares (fig. 5 d) articulo primo minuto, 

 cseteris longioribus, fere ffiqualibus, secundo tcrtioque subcla- 

 vatis. quarto ovato, ad apicem compresso ; lahiales (fig. o e) 

 articulo primo minuto, secundo oblongo, subclavato, ultimo 

 paullo longiori, ovato. 



Labium mento (fig. 5 /) trapeziformi, basi angustato, lateribus con- 

 strictis ; ligula (fig. 5(/) oblonga, apice rotundata. 



Caput antice subverticalc ; oculis oblongis, antice prope apicem sub- 

 emarginatls. 



Thorax transverso-quadi'atus, apice paullo rotundatus, lateiibus dila- 

 tatis. margine irregulariter sinuatis. 



ScuteUum ovatum. 



