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and more strongly punctured at the sides, where the interstices are 

 transversely and strongly raised ; the apex of each elytron is simply 

 punctate-striate and the interstices are flat. 



Galle. 



The smaller size, remotely punctured thorax, and the colour of 

 the upper parts distinguish this species from its allies. 



Dermorrhytis igneofasciata, Baly. (Plate X. fig. 5.) 



Melasoma divisi, sp. nov. 



Fulvous ; terminal joints of the antennse and the scutellum black ; 

 elytra distinctly punctured, testaceous, the suture and a longitudinal 

 band on each elytron, divided at its posterior portion, metallic 

 greenish. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head extremely finely punctured, longitudinally depressed at the 

 middle. Antennae short, the six terminal joints transversely shaped 

 and black, the others fulvous. Thorax more than three times 

 broader than long, slightly narrowed iu front, the sides but little 

 rounded, the posterior margin broadly rounded at the middle and 

 slightly produced ; the surface with a few minute punctures at the 

 sides. Scutellum black. Elytra rather strongly and closely punc- 

 tured, the shoulders prominent, the lateral margin slightly thickened 

 and the space in front impunctate ; at the middle of the disk a 

 broad metallic green band is placed, commencing at the base and 

 extending with its inner division below the middle, tiie outer portion 

 being prolonged in a narrow stripe to the apex of each elytron, where 

 it is joined to the similarly coloured sutural margin. Legs more or 

 less stained with piceous. 



A single specimen. 



Haltica (Graptodera) (?) NiGRiPENNis, sp. nov. 



Flavous ; thorax transverse, impunctate, the transverse groove 

 not extending to the sides ; elytra black, extremely finely and 

 closely punctured. 



Var. Antennae and legs piceous. 



liength 2 lines. 



Head impunctate, the frontal tubercles obsolete, scarcely raised. 

 Antennae half the length of the body, the second joint very short, 

 the five following joints slightly triangularly shaped and widened, 

 the rest more elongate. Thorax twice as broad as long, the sides 

 rather rounded at the middle, the angles obsolete, surface entirely 

 impunctate, impressed near the base with a shallow transverse 

 groove not extending to the sides. Scutellum flavous. Elytra 

 nearly parallel, very finely punctured (in one specimen impunctate), 

 black ; the first joint of the posterior tibiae as long as the two 

 following joints together ; claws appendiculate ; the anterior coxal 

 cavities open. 



The present species has certainly not many of the typical cha- 

 racters peculiar to Graptodera ; the more transverse thorax, the 



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