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10. Gonophora chalylDeata, n. sp. B.M. 



O. elongata, subdeprcssa, nigro-chalj'beata ; antennis apice albis ; 



elytris cyaneis, utrisque tricarinatis, carina exteriori medio fere 



obsoleta, margiae serrata. 

 Long. 3 lin. 



O. elongate, subdcpressed, shining black, with a faint metallic blue 

 retlexion ; elytra dark metallic blue. Head smooth, impressed on 

 the vertex with a distinct fovea ; antemiae slender, the four apical 

 joints white, closely covered "with adpressed whitish hairs. Thorax 

 one-thii-d longer than broad ; sides margined, nearly parallel and 

 shghtly subsinuate from their base to just beyond their middle, 

 narrowed and deeply sinuate in front, margin produced, and ob- 

 tusely angled just beyond its middle, obsoletely serrate ; above 

 subcylindrical at the anteiior margin, disc gibbous, coarsely and 

 vaiiolose pimctate, smooth, and longitudinally grooved do^^-n its 

 middle, hinder portion near the base deeply imi)ressed with a 

 broad transverse excavation, which extends obhquely upwards on 

 either side to the lateral border ; basal margin transversely grooved. 

 Scutellum smooth, black. Elytra broader than the base of the 

 thorax ; sides straight and parallel, their outer border entire ; apex 

 rounded, apical margin finely serrate ; above subdcpressed along 

 the suture, convex on the sides, each elytron with three strongly 

 elevated eostas, the outer one less raised, nearly obsolete in the 

 middle, its upper margiu coarsely serrate ; interspaces impressed 

 with a double row of large deep punctures, second interspace from 

 the suture with a third row at its base ; interstices transversely 

 costulate ; upper margin of longitudiual costse black, rest of the 

 surface dark metallic blue. Body beneath black ; tarsi obscure 

 rufo-piceous. 



Hah. Singapore. 



British Museum, and collections of Messrs. E. Sheppard, W. W. 

 Saimders, M. Javet, and J. S. Baly. 



11. Gonophora pallida, n. sp. B.M. 



O. elongata, subdepressa, pallide fulva, nitida ; antennis, basi ex- 

 ceptis, nigris ; elytris utrisque tricarinatis, carimx exteriori mar- 

 gine serrata. 



Long. 3 lin. 



O. elongate, subdcpressed along the back ; pale shining fulvous ; 

 antenna3 (their base excepted) and jaws black ; eyes piceous. 

 Tliorax broader than long ; sides narrowly margined, subparallel 

 and indistinctly sinuate behind, slightly produced and rounded near 

 their middle, narrowed and sinuate in front, margin finely serrate ; 

 above cylindrical at the extreme apex, which is separated from 

 the rest of the surface by a distinct groove ; disc gibbous, coarsely 

 rugose-punctate, central line with a longitudinal groove; on either 



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