186 ME. D. SHARP ON SOME NEW SPECIES OF 



millims. broad, the sides not evenly rounded, but broadest in the 

 middle, and contracted and slightly sinuate towards the hind angles, 

 which are obtuse but quite distinct ; it is verj^ shining, and bears 

 sparing coarse punctures, which are largest and most distinct near the 

 front angles, and become quite fine on the middle. Scutellum broad, 

 very sparingly and indistinctly punctured. Elytra with rows of 

 coarse punctures, each of which is seen on examination to consist of. 

 an outer ring, and a central portion, which generally has a minute dot 

 in the middle. Pygidium not rugose, but coarsely punctured. Propy- 

 gidium partly exposed, and coarsely and very densely punctured. 

 Sides of the raetasternum closely punctured and bearing erect hairs. 

 Prosternal process quite perpendicular, its extremity slender and not 

 closely applied to the legs ; last ventral segment very deeply de- 

 pressed at the base. 

 In the male the apical ventral segment is excessively short, being reduced 

 to a mere transverse band : there is no trace of tubercle on the sides 

 of the ely-tra in the female. I cannot speak of the front tarsi of the 

 male, as they are broken off in all the specimens I have seen. 



This species is allied to C. variolosa, Burm. 



CoTiNis ADSPERSA, n. sp. Supra olivacea, opaca, squamulis albidis 

 adspersa; subtuscuprea squamulis adspersa, et fulvo-pubescens, ab- 

 domine medio Isevigato ; clypeo cupreo, concavo, aiiterius medio re- 

 flexo, parte reflexa apice angustata ; vertice carina longitudinali de- 

 scendente, fulvo-pubescente, apice libero, minuto ; coxis posteriori- 

 bus angulo externo obtuso. Long. 22 millim. 



Head on the upperside coppery, hollow, the front margin I'eflexed, the 

 reflexed part short and narrow at its apex, the vertex with a strongl)' 

 elevated carina, the upper edge of which is not at all flattened, and 

 its extremity free and pi'ojecting and depressed ; the sides of this ca- 

 rina and the parts near it are clothed with coarse, -outstanding, yellow 

 hairs. Thorax of an obscure olivaceous colour, quite dull, with some 

 scattered rudimentary or incomplete punctures, each of which bears 

 a coarse white scale. The base is strongly lobed in the middle, but 

 leaves an elongate portion of the scutellum exposed. Elytra simi- 

 lar in colour to the thorax, with scarcely any traces of elevations (ex- 

 cept the apical protuberance of each wing-case), and appearing at first 

 impunctate, but really with fine scattered punctures, each of which 

 bears an elongate white scale ; these scales, however, are very easily 

 removed. Pygidium rather densely clothed with erect narrow scales of 

 a pale yellowish colour. Underside brassy and shining, but the ground- 

 colour obscured by the plentiful hairs, these being particularly abun- 

 dant on the front and middle femora ; there are also white scales on 

 the femora, as well as on the sides of the body ; mesosternal process 



