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sent a distinct species ; but as they closely agree in all the other cha- 

 racters pointed out by that author, I have abstained from describing 

 them as new. The type of Nephrella seems unfortunately to have 

 been lost, as ij; is not contained in Mr. Baly's collection now in the ,^^ 



British Museum. 1 may add, further, that the head and thorax in 

 Mr. Lewis's specimens show a fine central raised ridge, of which 

 Mr. Balv savs nothing. 



Chrysolampra punctatissima, sp. nov. 



jEneous ; antennae and legs piceous ; head and thorax extremely 

 closely and finely punctured ; elytra strongly transversely strigose, 

 finely punctured near the suture only. 



Var. Dark purplish blue, subopaque. 



Length 3-4 lines. 



Head extremely finely and closely punctured, the anterior margin 

 of the clypeus emarginate at the sides and middle ; labrum fulvous. 

 Antennae slender, the terminal joints very slightly thickened, the two 

 basal joints generally fulvous, the rest piceous. Thorax twice as 

 broad as long, the sides rounded, tuberculate at the anterior angles ; 

 surface rather convex, as closely and a little more distinctly punc- 

 tured than the head, the interstices slightly rugose at the sides ; 

 scutellum dark purplish, impunctate, as broad as long. Elytra sub- 

 cylindrical, the entire disk covered with strongly raised transverse 

 rugosities, which near the apices form single tubercles ; the space 

 near the base and at the suture remotely and finely punctured, the 

 latter accompanied near the apex by one or two longitudinal costae. 

 Legs piceous or dark fulvous ; the anterior femora dilated at the 

 middle and with a more or less distinct tooth ; anterior thoracic 

 episternum concave. 



Galle. 



Principally distinguished by the very close punctuation of the head 

 and thorax. 



Pagria costatipennis, sp. nov. (Plate X. fig. 2.) 



Subquadrate-ovate ; bronze-coloured ; three or four basal joints of 

 the antennae fulvous ; head rugose-punctate ; thorax longitudinally 

 strigose and deeply punctured, subcylindrical, convex ; elytra longi- 

 tudinally costate, the interstices deeply punctured. 



Length Ig-lf line. 



Head coarsely rugose- punctate, deeply sulcate above the eyes; 

 anterior margin of the epistome concave-emarginate ; labrum and 

 palpi fulvous, the latter slender. Antennae more than half the length 

 of the body in the male, shorter in the female ; the third and fourth 

 joints slender, of equal length and about one half longer than the second 

 joint, the terminal joints obscure piceous. Thorax twice as broad as 

 long, the disk strongly swollen, the sides deflexed anteriorly, the 

 entire surface closely and strongly elevate, reticulate and strigose, 

 the interstices forming deep punctures and foveas. Scutellum sub- 

 pentagonal, its surface longitudinally depressed. Elytra subquadrate- 

 ovate, broader at the base than the thorax, with a distinct depression 



