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with a faint greenish or coppery tint; the head, frontal area 
densely and rather clearly punctate, clypeus rather more 
densely and somewhat roughly punctate, edge narrowly re- 
flexed and arcuate in outline; the thorax wholly punctate 
like the head; this punctuation is much*more dense than that 
of A. splendida, Bohm., anterior angles rather acute; the 
scutellum is sparingly but irregularly punctured; the elytra, 
strie more or less obsolete, punctuation (sometimes linear) 
larger and less dense than that of the thorax; the pygidium, 
form and punctuation similar to that of A. splendida; the 
legs and under surface darker than the elytra. 
The more oblong form, colour, and size, as well as the 
dense punctuation, distinguish this insect at once from ordinary 
examples of A. splendida, Bohm.; but I have specimens of 
the last-named which are brown or piceous, and from these 
the somewhat acute angles of the thorax serve to separate it. 
A. splendida has an impunctate scutellum. 
A. cupreoviridis, Kolbe, is said to differ from A. splendida 
(Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 375) in having a more 
arcuate outline to the clypeus, an outline which describes a 
segment of a circle, and is not flattened as in A. splendida. 
In this respect A. niponica agrees with it; but the form 
(oblong-ovate) and the punctuation of the scutellum &c. 
distinguish it. Kolbe gave two names to his species: one 
specimen, measuring 94 millim., he called A. fusana. 
Apogonia mesta, Knock (Schénfeldt, Ent. Nachr. xvi. 
p- 170, 1890), is said to occur in Oshima; but I have not 
seen the description, nor does Schénfeldt supply a reference 
toit. Apogonia mesta, Burm. (Handb. iv. 2, p. 257, 1842), 
I consider a nondescript of a Sumatran species, as Burmeister’s 
description is worthless; but Kolbe refers to it (Arch. f. Nat. 
1. p. 193, 1886), so I presume he has seen the type. 
Lachnosterna inelegans, sp. n. 
Ancylonycha parallela, Motsch, Etud. Ent. p. 64 (1854). 
Elongata, nigro-picea, nitida; capite grosse parum dense punctato; 
thorace minus dense punctato, autice margine impunctato ; 
scutello levi vel parte punctato; elytris punctatis, obsolete 
costatis. 
L. 16-20 mill. 
Elongate, pitchy or pitchy black, shining ; the head coarsely 
and somewhat densely punctate, the punctures on the clypeus 
are clearly separate, those on the forehead are in some examples 
confluent, the rim of the clypeus clearly elevated, the punc- 
tures more or less obscure on the frontal suture; the thorax 
