1880.] MR. M. JACOBY ON PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA. 593 



Head transversely and longitudinally grooved, with a few irre- 

 gularly distributed deep punctures, violaceous or purplish ; labrum 

 fulvous, with a piceous patch. Antennae more than half the length of 

 the body, the first seven joints blacl\, shining, the others testaceous, 

 closely pubescent. Thorax convex, distinctly bisinuate, all the 

 angles acute, the posterior ones toothed ; disk with a very deep 

 oblique fovea near the base at each side ; several shallow obsolete 

 depressions are also situated near the base ; rest of the surface very 

 remotely and rather finely punctured, black with a slight purplish 

 tint, the lateral margin metallic green ; scutellum smooth. Elytra 

 very slightly transversely depressed below the base, each elytron with 

 about seven double rows of punctures finely impressed, the first two 

 rows consisting of only a single line of punctures towards the posterior 

 half, the other rows somewhat irregular ; surface of tlie same 

 colour as the thorax, rather broadly m.argined with metallic green. 

 Underside darker green ; legs testaceous, last two joints of the tarsi 

 fuscous. 



Mils. Jacoby. 



Genus Chalcophana, Chev. 



21. Chalcophana effulgens, Erichs. 



22. Chalcophana buckleyi, sp. nov. 



Black ; abdomen, base of the femora and tibiae rufous ; head 

 and thorax fulvous ; elytra dark purplish, shining, tbe lateral margin 

 narowly and the apex broadly testaceous. 



Length 4 lines. 



Head with a deep central groove and a transverse depression 

 between the eyes, the upper part remotely punctured, lower part of 

 face testaceous; first tliree joints of tiie antennae testaceous, marked 

 with black at the upperside, the rest dark fulvous or piceous. 

 Thorax narrow, transverse, anterior angles acute, testaceous or 

 fulvous ; surface with a few very deep punctures on the disk, more 

 crowded at tiie sides and intermixed with smaller ones ; scutellum 

 purplish. Elytra with a sliallow transverse depression below the 

 base, moderately deeply and rather regularly punctate-striate, the 

 punctuation much finer towards the posterior part ; a highly raised 

 costa runs parallel with the lateral margin to the apex, where it ends 

 in a fioint; the elytra are of a dark purplish colour, margined 

 with testaceous, the latter colour widened into a triangular patch at 

 the apex. Breast, the first abdominal segments, and the apex of the 

 femora and tibiae greenish black ; all the other parts rufous. 



I also possess this species from Peru. 



Mus. Godman and Salvin. 



23. Chalcophana dimidiata, Baly. 



24. Chalcophana ignicollis, sp. nov. 



Broadly ovate. Metallic green, last seven joints of the antennae 

 and the tibiae and tarsi black ; above dark purplish ; head, thorax. 



