126 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or Ktth-known 



at the sides. Legs rather slender ; tarsi hairy beneath, the basal joint 

 longer than the succeeding one. Prosternum pointed behind, with a 

 narrow impression in the middle ; mesostemum notched for the recep- 

 tion of the prosternum ; post-intercoxal process pointed anteriorly. 



This unpublished genus of Dejean's was placed by him nearly at 

 the end of his Tenebrionites, an heterogeneous assemblage, including 

 as it does Mejandrya, Pytho, Pezodontus, Camaria, &c. With the 

 last of these genera, however, and with its allies, Chariotheca must be 

 placed. 



Chariotheca coruscans. (PL VI. fig. 7.) 



C. atra, nitida ; elytris cyaneis ; corpore infra, antennis pedibusque ferru- 

 gineis. 



Hab. Moluccas (Batchian). 



Deep black, smooth, shining ; head and prothorax lightly and irregu- 

 larly punctured ; scutellum triangular ; elytra rich indigo-blue, seriato- 

 punctate (about nine rows), with numerous smaller punctures irregu- 

 larly crowding the interstices ; antennas not longer than the breadth of 

 the head, reddish-ferruginous, the last five joints with a few short scat- 

 tered greyish hairs ; palpi and legs, particularly the tibia3 and tarsi, 

 reddish-ferruginous ; body beneath ferruginous, inclining to chestnut. 

 Length 4~ lines. 



Chariotheca litigiosa. 



C, atra, nitida ; elytris chalybeo-cyaneis ; antennis tarsisque ferrugineis ; 

 corpore infra, femoribus tibiisque atris. 



Hab. New Guinea (Aru). 



Deep black, smooth, shining ; head with crowded oblong punctures, 

 often three or four more or less confluent, and then forming short lon- 

 gitudinal folds in the spaces between them ; prothorax with small 

 scattered punctures ; scutellum rather small, triangular ; elytra dark 

 green, punctured as the last ; antennas, palpi, and tarsi reddish-ferrugi- 

 nous ; body beneath, femora and tibiae black. Length 4£ lines. 



Rather narrower than the former, the scutellum smaller, the head 

 differently punctured, the colour less brilliant, &c. 



Chariotheca cupripennis. 



C. atra, nitida ; elytris cupreis ; corpore infra, autennis pedibusque piceis. 



Hab. New Guinea (Dorey). 



Deep black, shining ; head, especially between the eyes, with many 

 oblong punctures ; prothorax irregularly pimctured ; elytra seriato- 

 punctate, the interstices crowded with very minute punctures, copper- 

 red, the suture rich green ; antennas and palpi ferruginous-brown ; 

 body beneath and legs pitchy. Length 4 lines. 



