and Species (>/* Heteromera. 109 



In the following two species the body is much less convex 

 (subdepressecl), the elytra more loosely embracing the sides of 

 the abdomen, and much wider at base than base of prothorax, 

 and the tarsi are more elongate. C. Deplanchei may be con- 

 sidered the intermediate form. 



CalUsmilax ruficornis^ n. sp. 



Elongate, subparallel, subdepressed. Head and prothorax 

 deep shining black, linely and closely punctured, the punctures 

 very shallow, the transverse imjjression at base of epistoma 

 very broad ; the front very convex : prothorax at apex slightly 

 emarginate and a little narrower than the base : elytra green, 

 with purple reflections ; sides obliquely expanded for a 

 short distance from the humeral angle, thence subparallel ; the 

 apex very naiTOwly rounded ; on each elytron eight distinct, 

 but shallow, rows of punctures, obsolete at the apex ; the 

 intervals faintly punctate and, except the marginal one, not 

 costiforra at the apex : underside shining black ; legs rather 

 slender, dark castaneous ; tarsi elongate ; intercoxal process 

 sparsely punctured and longitudinally wrinkled ; antennaj 

 elongate, slender, and, together with the tarsi, ferruginous red : 

 eyes above narrow, strongly oblique, their greatest convexity 

 near the posterior (outer) border : prostemal process horizontal, 

 lightly grooved at each side and along the base, prominent 

 and subtruncate behind ; mesosternum a little declivous, and 

 broadly, but not deeply, concave in front. 



Length o lines ; width of elytra across the middle 14- line. 



H(fh. New Caledonia. One example. 



CalUsmilax granclis, n. sp. 



The largest and most expanded form in the genus. Metallic 

 green, wdth (especially on the elytra) a brassy tinge ; the hind 

 margin of the prothorax obscure violet : head and prothorax 

 finely punctured, the punctuation very clear, the interstices 

 not at all rugulose ; front distinctly less convex than in C. 

 rujicornis : prothorax distinctly arcuate-emarginate in front, 

 straight at the sides, wider at base than at apex : elytra at 

 base more than half as wide again as the base of protiiorax ; 

 sides obliquely expanded for a short distance from the humeral 

 angles, thence gradually contracted to the apex, which is 

 somewhat acuminate ; seriate-punctate, confusedly so at the 

 base, the punctures very fine, obsolete at the apex ; the in- 

 tervals very finely and not closely (but much more numerously 

 and distinctly than in C. rujicornis) punctured, and distinctly 

 costiform at the apex ; reflexed lateral margins wide : under- 



Ann. (£• Ma(j. X. Hist. Scr. 4. ]\>l. xiii. i) 



