and Species of Coleoptera. 355 



tulato ; clypeo, palpis antennisque testaceo-ferrugineis ; oculis 

 supra siibapproximatis ; prothorace reticulato-punctato, spinis la- 

 teralibus margine antico bidentatis ; scutello parvo, argenteo- 

 pubescenti ; elytris utrinque parallelis, crebre fortiter punctatis, 

 punctis singulis pilum gerentibus; corpore infra castaneo, vix 

 confertim punctate. Long. 2 lin. 



Hah. Amazons (Santarem). 



(In the figure the second joint of the antennas is twice too 

 long, and the head is too much exserted.) 



CEdemutes pretiosus. 



CE. ovatus, minus convexus, nitidissime aureo-viridis, purpureo lava- 

 tus, femoribus tibiisque splendide purpureis, antennis tarsisque 

 nigris ; capite inter oculos foveolis tribus subimpressis ; protho- 

 race paulo convexo, tenuiter parce punctulato ; elytris seriatim, 

 sed minus fortiter foveatis, foveis baud approximatis, plerumque 

 oblongis, nonnidUs elongatis, interstitiis laevigatis ; corpore infra 

 uitide viridi-nigro. Long. 5 Kn. 



Hah. Philippine Islands. 



CEdemutes purpuratus. 



(E. ovatus, convexus, cyaneo-chalybeatus, purpureo lavatus, femori- 

 bus tibiisque splendide purpureis, tarsis antennisque nigris ; capite 

 inter oculos foveolis tribus subimpressis ; prothorace subplanato, 

 in medio grosse, interrupte, ad latera crebre tenuiter punctate ; 

 elytris seriatim fortiter foveatis, foveis hand approximatis, ple- 

 rumque oblongis, interstitiis laevigatis, lateribus modice rotun- 

 datis ; corpore infra nitide viridescenti-nigro. Long. 6 lin. 



Hah. Philippines. 



These species differ from (E. tumidus in being longer and 

 much less convex, with the elytra differently sculptured, &c. 

 The two here described are at once differentiated by the punc- 

 tation of the prothorax. 



Odontopus pJiysodes. 



0. ovatus, convexus, nitide metaUicus, capite prothoraceque pur- 

 pureis, insequahter subtenuiter punctulatis, hoc parvo, valde 

 transverse ; antennis viridibus, articulo ultimo nigro ; scuteUo 

 purpureo ; elytris valde cenvexis, saturate viridibus, crebre forti- 

 ter punctatis, sutura elevata, pUca epipleuraH violacea ; corpore 

 infra laBvigato, violaceo-nigro ; pedibus Isete viridi-aureis, femori- 

 bus anticis dentibus duobus minutis instructis. Long. 9-10 lin. 



Hah. Natal. 



Odontopus asperatus. 



0. oblongo-ovatus, supra subdepressus, nitide nigrescenti-cyaneus, ely- 

 tris saturate viridibus ; capite antice sat fortiter, vertice subtHiter 



