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3. Oides maculicollis , n. sp. 
Ovate, testaceous; antennae fuscous; vertex of head and 2 
spots at the thorax black; elytra distinctly punctured, metallic 
greenish-blue, the lateral margin narrowly testaceous. 
Length 4-41/, lines. 
Head with a deep longitudinal fovea between the eyes, the 
vertex shining black, lower part of face testaceous, the terminal 
joint of the palpi, obscure piceous; antennae half the length of 
the body, fuscous, the 2 or 3 basal joints testaceous, the fourth 
joint one half longer than the third. Thorax more than twice 
as broad as long, the anterior and posterior margin parallel , 
the sides nearly straight, surface with a few fine punctures 
and a shallow fovea at each side, the latter occupied by a 
rounded obscure piceous spot; scutellum testaceous. Elytra very 
closely and distinctly punctured, depressed at the sides below 
the shoulders, metallic greenish blue, the lateral margin and 
apex narrowly testaceous. Underside and legs of the same colour, 
the claws obscure piceous. 
Hab. Sumatra, Mt. Singalang, July (O. Beccari). 
Distinguished by the black vertex and the 2 thoracic spots 
from those species otherwise similarly coloured. 
4 Oides cyanella, n. sp. 
Oblong-ovate, pale fulvous; antennae black; elytra dark me- 
tallic blue, closely punctured, the lateral margin extremely 
narrowly fulvous. 
Length 5!/, lines. 
Head impunctate, the vertex with a central longitudinal groove; 
lower part of face testaceous; apex of jaws black; antennae 
with the 2 lower joints and the base of the third fulvous, the 
following joints black, the apical ones wanting. Thorax narrowly 
transverse, 3 times as broad as long, the sides very slightly 
rounded, the angles obtuse, the disk obsoletely transversely de- 
