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sternum are very strongly punctured, the interspaces about 

 equal to the diameter of the punctures. The sides of the 

 abdomen are thickly and deeply punctured ; the pygidium has 

 some large punctures placed not very closely along the sides, 

 the middle with a few stray punctures, and no trace of a raised 

 line. The general colour is jeneous. 



Anomala punctatissima, Walker (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1859, 

 iii, p. 56), agrees admirably with the type Apogonia rauca^ 

 except that it has the scutellum almost smooth. I believe it to 

 be a mere variety. 



Apogonia ixdita, n. sp. 



Oblongo-ovata, convexa, nigra (vix purpurascens), nitidissima; 

 clypeo sat crebre evidenter punctato ; fi'onte minus crebre 

 distincte punctata ; thorace convexo, haud crebre subtiliter 

 punctulato ; scutello la^vi ; elytris haud crebre, evidenter punc- 

 tatis, bigeminato-striato-punctatis. Long. 5 lin. 



A highly polished robust species. Clypeus rather closely and 

 very distinctly punctured ^ forehead rather less strongly punc- 

 tured, the intervals between the punctures about 1^ times the 

 diameter of the punctures. The thorax is highly j^ohshed, 

 the punctures are rather obsolete on the disk, more distinct at 

 the sides, distant from each other fi'om 2 to 3 times the diameters 

 t)f the punctures, on the disk the punctures are more scattered. 

 The punctures on the elytra are distinct (but not very large), 

 distant from each other about 3 times the diameter of the 

 punctures ; finer on the sides ; of the usual pairs of rows of 

 punctures, the first pair are parallel and the space between them 

 is rather broad, and with a few punctures scattered over the 

 surface ; the second pair are rather closer together and include 

 a row of small puiictures ; the third joair are very similar to the 

 second ; at the sides are three rows of puxictures (including the 

 marginal fine), the intervals between them almost destitute of 

 punctures. The sides of the metasternum and abdomen are 

 very strongly and rather thickly punctured, less thickly on the 

 abdomen (which is pitchy) ; the punctures on the pygidium are 

 not very close. 



llab. Siam (J. C. Bowriug, E.sq.). Brit. Mas. 



Apogonia coriacea^ u. sp. 



Oblonga, parum convexa, uitida, supra nigro-anica, subtus 

 SBueo-picea ; clypeo brevi, fortiter sat crcbrv3 punctato, froute 



