396 Mr. H. W. Bates's descriptions oj 



A'lwpltionthe Doris. 



Viridi-aurata, thorace disco elytrisque vlttis duabus (altera 

 lata di.scoidali altera angustiori submargiuali) uigro-velutinis ; 

 antennis pedibusque nigris : capite minute puuctato : thorace 

 antice et postice sulcato-constricto, dorso postico et in sixlco laivi, 

 lateribus et prosterno coufertim punctatis : elytris coufertissimc 

 subalveolato-puuctatis, pilis brevibus erectis nigris vestitis, vittis 

 nigris opacis. Long. 12 lin. $ . 



New Granada, from Mr. W. W. Saunders' collection. Taken 

 I believe by Mr. Chesterton. 



Pachyteria Javana. 



Subgracilis, postice gradatim fortitcr angustata ; chalybea, 

 snbtus griseo-sericea, elytris dimidio basali badiis nitidis, antennis 

 articulis 3-6 et 7 basi badio-flavis, cajteribus nigris ; thorace 

 parvo, nitido, basi et apice sulcato-constricto, disco grosse sub- 

 sparsim pimctato : elytris post medium juxta suturam et apud 

 discum longitudinaliter excavato-depressis velutinis, cajteris par- 

 tibus glabris discrete punctatis. Long. 13 lin. $ . 



Java (From Dr. Monicke's collection). 



PhjUocnema sem ifulvn. 



Ph. mirijica' (Pasc.) affinis. Minor, capite thoraceque uigro- 

 obscuris opacis ; elytris dimidio basali chalybeo-violaceis, dimidio 

 apicali, antennis pedibusque rufo-fulvis, tibiis posticis mox pone 

 basin valde dilatato-compressis, parte dilatata basi excepta 

 chalybea : corpore subtus chalybeo : thorace convexo, a?quali, 

 alveolato-punctato : elytris subtilissime rugulosis, opacis, costula 

 discoidali subla3vi fere apicem attiugenti. Long. 6 lin. $ . 



The fulvous colouring of the elytra occupies rather less than 

 the apical half and graduates into the blue of the basal half. 

 The foliaceous expansion of the hind tibiae is of the same form 

 as in Pli. mirijica^ i.e., it extends on both sides of the axis, but 

 more so on the outer side. 



Angola (collected by J. J. Monteiro). 



Mecaspis fnscocrn ea. 



Valdc clougata, cuprco-vel a^neo-fusca, iuterdum piirpurascons; 

 fere glabra, thorace et elytris discrete (illo sparsissime hoc lateri- 

 bus subtilius) punctatis ; antennis pedibuscjue nigris tarsis argen- 

 teo-pilosis : capite pvmctulato : thorace disco elevato utrinque 



