522 Mr. Maktin Jacoby on 



Head sliort, black, pvibescent, Avith t^vo indistinctly raised 

 tubercles above the insertion of the antenna; of a liavous colour, 

 lower part of face fuscous ; antennae black, closely covered with 

 hairs, the first and foiu-th joints of equal length, the third the 

 longest. Thorax narrow, transverse, the sides shghtly widened 

 before the middle, ferruginous, closely and thickly covered with 

 golden pubescence. Scutellum black. Elytra subdepressed, 

 antemedially transversely depressed, finely punctate-striate, dark 

 violaceous-blue or green, nearly glabrous, a narroAV marginal 

 vitta, greatly increasing in width at the apex, of a ferruginous 

 colour and closely yellowish j^^^ibescent. Underside and legs 

 black, pubescent, apex of abdomen ferruginous. Posterior tibia3 

 with one spur, maxillary palpi incrassate. 



In the variety, a broad ferruginous band extends across the 

 middle of the disc, and is also covered like the lateral vitta with 

 yellow pubescence, but agrees in all other respects Avith the 

 typical specimens. 



Omvtotus ruhripennis, n. sp. 



Elongate, robust, flavous; antenna}, apex of femoi'a and tiliiaj 

 black; elytra darkish red with a violet tint, very closely pubes- 

 cent, obsoletely puuctate-striate. Length 3 lines. 



Head deeply punctate on the vertex; antenna; rather closely 

 ajjproximate, second joint short, third joint longer than the first, 

 fourth and following joints decreasing in length, entirely black, 

 the apical joints pubescent, the others beset at their apex with 

 bristle-like hairs; maxillary palpi incrassated. ■ Thorax broader 

 than long, the sides widened and- rounded in the middle, de- 

 pressed at each side near the base, closely rugose punctate, dark 

 reddish, slightly pubescent. Elytra very little widened poste- 

 riorly, punctate-striate, thickly covered with short yelloAvish 

 piibescence and single stifE long hairs, rendering the punc- 

 tuation rather obscure, of a uniform opaque reddish colour with 

 a purplish or violet hue in certain hghts. Underside fiavous, 

 pubescent, femora darker, their apex and the four anterior 

 tibia; black, posterior tilna^ piceous or dark broAvn, Avith a single 

 spur. 



Asplucra vctopunctatu, n. s}). 



Oblong ovate, beneath piceous; head, thorax, elytra and alxlo- 

 men flavo-testaceous, each elytron Avith two sj^ots near the 

 base and tAvo behind the middle violaceous or green. Length 

 2^ lines. 



