408 Mr. H. W. Bates's descriptions of 



Clihridohnn Everetti. 



Gracile, sul)viridi-auratum, \'ys. velutiuum, antenuis rufis, 

 articiilis basalibiis apice apicalibusque omnino atro-fuscis ; podibus 

 riifis tibiis posticis tarsisque omnibus fuscis : thorace la?te striate, 

 striis versus discum anticum convergeutibus, plagaque hastiformi 

 centrali Isevi : elytris coriaceis : corpore subtus aurco-sericeo. 

 Long. 8^ lin. ^ , ? . 



Cebu, Phillipines (Mr. Everett). 



Leontium rohustuni. 



Robustum, convexum, viridi-a^neum, subuitidnm ; antennis, 

 maculis duabus thoracis pedibusque cyaneis, corpore subtus 

 aiirato, griseo-sericeo: f route profunde retuso: thorace autice et 

 postice sulcato-constricto, dorso aspere crebre punctato, Hnea 

 dorsaU subltevi: elytris modice attenuatis, apice rotuudatis, sub- 

 tiliter punctulato-rugulosis (sutura nitida), disco tenuissime 

 jmbescentibus: antennis ( ^ , 9 ) corpore haud longioribus: scapo 

 crebre punctulato, articulis 3-1 U apice extus prodiictis 5-10 

 spinosis: tarsis posticis robustis modice elongatis. Long. IS-IG 

 hn. $,<^. 



$ Segmentum ventrale sextum apice rotundatiuii, integrum. 

 DarjeeHng and N.W. India. 



Belongs to Thomson's genus Chclidoniuin, Avhich Lacordaire 

 treated as a section only of Leontium, at the same time giving 

 a confused and erroneous summary of its characters (Genera 

 tom. ix, p. 20 note) conf. Thomson, Syst. Ceramb. p. 175. 

 Thomson on the other haud named several species iinder Clteli- 

 dunium which do not offer tlie characters of the group. C. 

 gibbicoUe (White) is certainly a Leontium. 



Lcontitiin snbtnmcatnm. 



L. arfjentato (Dalm.) prima facie similis, at differt antennis 

 simplicibus, clytrisque apice obtuse truncatis. Cyhudricum, 

 saturate viritli-a?neum supra fere opacum subtus la;tius viridi- 

 ajiieo, argenteo sericeo, antennis pcdibusque chalybeis : capite 

 antice (cum mandibulis) clongato, f route grosse rugoso-pimctato: 

 thorace elongato, basi sulcato-constricto, tuberculo laterali conico 

 mediano, dorso confertissime et tenuissime punctulato, linea 

 dorsali sublaivi impressa : elytris confertissime et rainutissime 

 rugulosis, apice subtruncatis augulo suturali producto, dorso 



