Colcoptcra from the Ishind oj l!ni,i<i,i. ;^',;j 



21. Serixta sedata, Pasc. 

 Four oxainplcs. Oi-cur.s also in Siam aiiil nmrna. 



22. Serixia, sp. 



One o.xampK', appan.Milly l)('I<iii^nri;; to a new sp-'cics, but 

 not in .sutficiently fi;o->(l comlitiiin to be sati-ifactorily described. 



2i^. A.stathes cyauoptera, .sp. n. 



-4. «';)i*('o/>(7// (C!hevr.) affinis ; flavo-testacea ; olylris cyaneis, utris- 

 quo obsolete bicarinatis ; antennariim scapo subtu3 tostaceo, 

 articulis 3"-,")"'" fero omnino testacois ; ceteris plus raiimsve iiifus- 

 catia ; pedibus testaceis, tibiis versus apiccm tarsi.s<pie nigro-fuscis. 



Long. 12-15, lat. 4]-G mm. 



Hah. Hainan {Whitehead). 



Head (with the exception of the labruin), prothora.K, and 

 underside of the body yellowish tes?taceous in colour, llead 

 rather strongly and thickly punctured in front and very 

 sparingly on the vertex, .slightly concave between the an- 

 tennal tubercles, and marked with an impressed line alono- 

 the middle. Antennai with the first joint testaceous under- 

 neath and dark brown above; the joints from the third to the 

 fifth almost wholly testaceous, and the remaining Joints more 

 or less deeply infuscate. Prothorax with a rather laro-e but 

 not abruptly raised uinbone on the middle of the disk, tliis 

 umbone, like the rest of the disk, being but very sparsely 

 punctured. Elytra of a bright metallic-blue colour, di.s- 

 tinctly punctured, and each bearing two very slightly raised 

 lines or carina^ along the inner half, the sutura! margin also 

 being raised into a somewhat sharper and more distinct carina. 

 Distal half of the tibia? and the tarsi blackish i)rown, the rest 

 of the legs having the same colour as the underside of the 

 body. 



This species is very closely allied to A. episcopalis, Chcvr., 

 and I was at first inclined to regard it as a variety of the 

 latter. A. cpiscopalis differs, however, not only by the 

 violaceous colour of its elytra, but also by the more thickly 

 placed punctures on the umbone of the prothorax and on the 

 vertex of the head ; the third joint of its antennae is entirely 

 dark brown and the fourth to sixth joints are fuscous at the 

 apex ; the tibia3 are almost entirely brown, though this ct)lour 

 is somewhat hidden by the dense covering of fulvous seiie. 

 yl. *y)/.sTO/m//.'», Clievr., is found in (3hina, llong Kong, and 

 Formosa. It is the true viohweipennis oi Dejfan's Catalogue 

 Ann. lC- May. X. I fist. Ser. 7. Vol. v. 2a 



