346 Mr. C. O. Waterliouse on Coleoptera 



Chi'ysaspis tincta, sp. n. 



Broad, brilliant. Head and thorax dark cyaneous, the 

 sides wiih a slight tint of green. Elytra bright golden green, 

 with a deeper reddish-golden tint in some liglits. Body 

 beneath brilliant coppery red. 



Long. 45 mm. 



Hah. Gaboon, Senegal, Ogowe {coll. Kerremans). 



This and C. armata, Kerr., are the two most brilliant of 

 the broad species of this genus. [C armata is at once 

 known by the remarkable strong angular projection at the 

 sides of the elytra.] The thorax is finely punctured on 

 the disk, strongly or closely punctured at the sides, with a 

 smooth spot at the anterior angles. The elytra are of a 

 light golden green ; in some lights a golden shade prevails, 

 but more generally there is a fiery-red shade^, which spreads 

 over nearly the whole surface. 



This insect was labelled '' C. virklipennis, Saund.," in 

 Capt. Kerremans' collection. It is important to note this, 

 as otherwise his description of C. kassaiensis, Kerr., is 

 unintelligible. C. kassaiensis is the true viridipennis , which 

 has the elytra dark green, much more strongly sculptured 

 and without red shade. 



Chrysaspis Welwitschii, Saund. 

 Capt. Kerremans has redescribed this as C. marginata. 



Chrysaspis dubia, sp. u. 



Very broad, depressed, uniform coppery brown. Elytra 

 with the strong angular projection below the shoulder 

 distinctly visible from above. Abdomen coppery golden. 



Long. 46, lat. 18 mm. 



Hab. Congo, Kassai [Tschnffen) [coll. Kerremans). 



This specimen was labelled " C. aurovittata, Saund.,'' in 

 Capt. Kerremans' collection. The true aurovittata he has 

 described as vittigera. I am somewhat in dou])t whether 

 duhia is really distinct, but the colour is so totally diflereut 

 that for the present I prefer to consider it so. It agrees 

 with aurovittata in the basal lateral angulation of the elytra 

 being distinctly visible from above. 



Clirysaspis Bennett ii, sp. n. 



Head and thorax black, the latter slightly tinted with dark 

 green at the margins. Elytra dark bluish green, the disk 



