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Var. 9 • Tliorax entirely red, pubescence more dense. 

 Elytra bicostate, the costal narrower. 



Ilab. Penang (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). Brit. Mus. 



('. Icpidus, n. sp. (PI. II, f. 11). 



Cterulens, uitidus ; thorace vix brevissime pubescenti ; disco 

 longitudinaliter fortiter impresso, lateribus biimpressis ; elytris 

 piceo-testaceis, dense fulvo-ru£o-pubescentibus, striis vix per- 

 spicixe impressis, apice anguste nigro ; antennis pedibusque 

 violaceis. Long. 3^-4-1- lin. 



A more slender species tliau any of the preceding, and distinct 

 by the beautiful shining blue thorax and violet antennas. The 

 anterior angles of the thorax are much deflexed and, conse- 

 (|uently, do not show the margin so distinctly ; the disc has not 

 a fine mesial line, but a deep longitudinal impression ; the 

 lateral fossa?, are deep, but the oblique ridge which divides them 

 is not so well defined as in most of the species. 



$ Antenna? rather slender. Elytra with scarcely any trace 

 of costaj. Penultimate segment of abdomen with a deep incision. 



9 Antenna? very slightly dilated. Thoi-ax more narrowed 

 in front. Elytra bicostate. 



Hab. Java { $), Penang ( $ ), (J. C Bowring, Esq.). Brit. 

 Mus. 



The two examples are from different locahties, biit as they 

 agree so well in general character, I have ventured to associate 

 them as sexes. 



C. longipennis, n. sp. (PL II, f. 12). 



Elongatus, sub-parallelus, niger ; thorace supra piceo, dense 

 ridio-pubescente, medio foveoiri lanceolata impresso, lateribus 

 biimpressis ; scuteUo piceo, rufo-pubescente ; elytris longissimis, 

 dense rufo-pubescentibus, apice nigris, singulis 2- vel 3-costatis, 

 costis angustioribus $ . Long 6^ hn., lat. \i Hn. 



Forehead evenly convex, black, very finely pubescent, 

 rostrum about three times as broad as long ; maxillary palpi 

 very stout. Antenna^ | the length of the elytra, compressed, 

 third joint about twice as long as broad, emarginate at the apex, 

 the fourth to ninth joints about equal in length, the lower 

 anterior angle oblifpiely and mucli produced, increasingly so 

 as they approach the apex, the tenth joint very ol)hque, a little 



