(fOtcni (17h1 Sp,\ifs of Co\oo\iicra. 17') 



sides; scnitolliim sinull, trianf^'-iilMr ; clytni much hroiidor than tlif ])!•()- 

 thorax, brij^ht brassy ycHow, or l)nissy with a j^ohh'ii tin^o, lineate- 

 pimctato, tho intervals between the lines with very minute scattered 

 points, the intervals between the punctures brassy brown; body ])eneatli 

 and legs glossy, with a greenish tinge. Length 5 lines. 



Eltxota [riiodalinoD]. 

 Caput breve, usque ad medium oculorum insertum ; clypeus angustatus, 

 apice truncatus. i^/i;-wm productum. Oc?/// magni. Mentum trapc/oi- 

 dale, medio carinatum, apice emarginatum. Labium subcordatum. Palpi 

 labiaks approximati, in medio labii inserti, art. ult. ample. Antenua: 

 apiceni versus paulo incrassatcie, articulis obconicis, ultimo ovato. Pro- 

 thorax trans versus, lateribus rotundatus, apice emarginatus, basi sublo- 

 batus. Elytra prothoraci arete applicata, oblonga, convexa ; t'inplcur(e 

 integrse. Pedes mediocres ; tihicB graciles ; tarsi lineares, articulo ultimo 

 mediocri. Prostenmm postice productum, in incisura mesostemi re- 

 ceptum. Processus interfemoralis triangularis. Corpus oblongo-ovatum. 



Allied to Damatris, Lap., but differentiated by ite small claw- 

 joints., and the epipleurae of the elytra entire and gradually narrow- 

 ing to the apex. The last joint of the maxiUarj' palpus is nearly 

 three times the size of the outer maxillary lobe. The type resembles 

 an oblong Chri/soinela (C. r/eminata for instanc(^), only much larger. 



Elixota cuprea. . 



E. cuprea, nitida ; elytris lineato-punctatis, interstitiis punctulatis. 



Hah. North China. 



Dark copper-brown, shining ; head and prothorax finely punctured, 

 the junction of the clypeus with the front marked only by a deep trans- 

 verse line, which does not extend to the antennary orbits, the six terminal 

 joints of the antennae broader than the others ; scutellum triangular, its 

 sides slightly rounded ; el}'tra oblong, rather broader than the protliorax, 

 lineate-punctate, the punctures rather small, oblong, and occasionally 

 approximate, the intervals between the lines remotely and minutely 

 punctate; body beneath dark copper-brown, shining; posterior tarsi 

 with the basal joint nearly as long as the rest together, the claw-joint 

 not longer than the second and third together. T^ength 4^ lines. 



Nautes [Cnodalinse]. 

 Caput retractum ; clypeus fronte confusus. Lahrum transversum. Man- 

 dibulcs apice intcgrfe. Palpi maxillares securiformes ; lahiales art. ult. 

 magno, cyathiformi. Mention quadratum. Labium magnum, basi 

 angustiore. Anteuno' graciles, art. tertio longiore, 4-7 ?equalibus tenu- 

 atis, 8-10 elongato-obconicis, ultimo oblongo oblique truncato. Pro- 

 thorax transversus, apice leviter emarginatus, basi subl()]»atus. Elytra 

 oblonoa, prothorace paulo latiora ; epipleurce postice abrupte angustiore?. 



2 m 



