32 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Genera 



Oblong, glossj metallic copper ; head fiiielj punctured, not 

 depressed in front ; clypeus inipunctate ; antenna; dark brown, 

 moderately punctured, third and fourth joints oblong-, er|ual, 

 the rest, except the last, transverse ; prothorax much narrower 

 behind, finely punctured ; scutellum scutiform ; elytra finely 

 seriate-punctate ; last joint of the intermediate tarsi nearly as 

 long as the rest together. 



In this species the prothorax is more transverse and is more 

 obtusely rounded at its anterior angles. 



ESPITES. 



Ccqnd transrersum, fere ad oculos inchisum ; clypeas productus, 

 apicem versus augustior, a capite sulco arcuato notatus ; labrain 

 hveye ; palpi maxillarcs articulo ulUmo subtriaugulari; antrmue 

 breviusculiB, extus gradatim crassiores, articulo tertio longiore, 

 T^-IO"! trausverse triaugularibus, ultimo breviter ovato. Fro- 

 tliorax trausvcrsus, apice vix emargiuatus, basi bisinuatus, late- 

 ribus bene marginatus, angulis posticis acutis. Eli/tra oblouga, 

 quam prothorax paulo latiora ; epiphura angusta. Pedis sat 

 breves, tibke subHueares ; tarsi breves, robusti, Prostenium pro- 

 ductum ; incsostenmm decHve ; metasteniiim cloiigatum. Pro- 

 cessus intcrcoxahs subtriangularis, apice rotuiidatus. 



This genus appears to be allied to ChariotJieca, but diffe- 

 rentiated, inter alia, by its sloping mesosternum, short stout 

 tarsi, and narrower clypeus. I have adopted Mr. F. Bates's 

 name (MS.;. 



Espltes hasalis. 



E. oblongo-ovalis ; capite, prothorace pedibusque cajruleis ; elytris 

 colore variantibus, basi aureis, postice et ad suturam violaceis, 

 medio purpureis ; corpore iufra uigrescente. Long. '6 lin. 



Hah. New Guinea (Saylee). 



Oblong ovate ; head and prothorax shining light blue, the 

 latter impunctate, its length more than half its breadth ; scu- 

 tellum triangular, blue ; elytra varying in colour according to 

 the light, but very brilliant, the base gold changing to coppery 

 gold, the sutm-e and sides posteriorly steel-blue varying to 

 green, the middle and apex purple ; antennte dark brown or 

 blackish j body beneath glossy black. 



DiOPETHES. 



Captd postice constrictum, in medio gibbosum ; chipeus latissimus, 

 hand productus, antice rectus, a capite indistinctc discretus ; 

 labium breve. Antmnce breviuscula), articnlis quiuque ultimis 

 transversis, ultimo apice late triangular!. Prothorax transversiis, 

 apice lato emargiuatus, postice angustior. El(jtra siibglobosa, 



