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C. ^92/^v?irp«', sp. nov. Sat angusta ; minus nitida ; ?enea vel 

 nigro-a^nea, hie illic vix cyaneo-micans ; pube albida macu- 

 latim ornata; capite late longitudinaliter concave, sparsius 

 vix fortius punctulato; prothorace quam longiori fere duabus 

 partibus (postice quam antice baud multo) latiori, subtilius 

 subconcentrice striolato, lateribus sat rotundatis, basi valde 

 bisinuata; scutello opaco vix perspicue striolato; elytris 

 crebre subtilius reticulato-striolatis, interspatiis vix distincte 

 granuliformibus, lateribus postice denticuiatis. Long., 2 1. 

 (vix); lat., -j5_ 1. 



The silvery-white pattern is not formed by pubescent impres- 

 sions, but by coarse scale-like hairs, more or less sprinkled over 

 the whole surface, but condensed into a large spot on the hinder 

 part of the disc of the prothorax on either side, a large ill-defined 

 spot on the base of the elytra, two wide ill-defined fascia? on the 

 elytra (one at the middle, the other near the apex, the latter 

 somewhat dilated hindward on the suture and a little curved 

 outwards close to the apex), and some spots on the sides of the 

 ventral segments, I do not think this species is much like any 

 of the very small species of Cisseis that have been described 

 previously. 



Victoria; in the collection of C. French, Esq. 



C. verna, sp. nov. Sat angusta; sat nitida; viridis, hie illic 

 cairuleo-micans; capite planato medio longitudinaliter sat 

 subtiliter impresso, subopaco, coriaceo, sparsim minus 

 fortiter punctulato; prothorace quam longiori duabus parti- 

 bus (postice quam antice vix manifesto) latiori, vix distincte 

 punctulato, in disco subtiliter (latera versus fortiter) trans- 

 versim subconcentrice striolato, lateribus leviter arcuatis; 

 scutello punctulato - striolato ; elytris leviter sat crebre 

 reticulato-punctulatis, lateribus postice subtiliter denticuiatis. 

 Long., 2^1.; lat., ^1. 



There is a little very inconspicuous whitish pubescence on the 

 elytra, where, however, it does not form a distinct pattern. The 

 parts wliere the general bright green colour changes most dis- 

 tinctly to cyaneous are the apices of tlie elytra and tlie under- 

 surface (the legs, however, being green). The sides of the 

 metasternum and of the ventral segments are more or less 

 pubescent. The prothoracic sculpture consists of transversely 

 arched (scarcely concentric) striola?, wliich are mere fine scratches 

 in the middle, but deepen into strong wrinkles towards the sides. 

 The surface of the prothorax is much depressed in the neighbour- 

 hood of the hind angles. In some lights the anterior part of the 

 suture shows a distinctly golden tone of colour. Tlie sculpture of 

 the elytra is of the kind usual in allied species of Cisseis {e.(/.. 



