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and tibise fulvous ; thorax and elytra metallic greenish cupreous or 

 blue ; thorax very finely punctured, elytra closely and more strongly 

 punctate. 



c? . The anterior tarsi dilated ; the posterior femora with a long 

 and strong spine. 



Length 3 lines. 



Head with a longitudinal depression at the middle, finely and 

 closely punctured ; eyes slightly sinuate, the epistome separated 

 from the face by a transverse groove ; labrura fulvous ; antennae 

 filiform, two thirds the length of the body, the first five joints fulvous, 

 the rest black. Thorax rather long, less than twice as broad as long, 

 narrowed in front, the sides rounded, the anterior angles acute, the 

 lateral margin narrowly reflexed, the surface finely and not very 

 closely punctured, the punctures scarcely stronger at the sides than 

 at the middle. Elytra narrowed towards the apex, without basal 

 depression; the shoulders narrowly raised and smooth; the disk 

 much more strongly punctured than the thorax, the punctures here 

 and there arranged in lines ; the interstices slightly rugose at the 

 sides near the base. Underside black ; the sides of the breast metallic 

 green ; femora rather thickened, fulvous, the posterior ones triangu- 

 larly dilated at the middle and ending in a long spine ; posterior 

 tibite curved at the middle ; tarsi black, the anterior and intermediate 

 ones widened and elongate. 



Of this very distinct species, greatly distinguished by the long 

 femoral spine, there are two male specimens before me, which do not 

 differ from each other except in the greenish cupreous or metallic 

 dark blue colour of the upperside ; a smaller specimen, evidently a 

 female, has a more transverse thorax and nearly black and simple 

 legs, but does not seem to difl'er in any other way. 



NODOSTOMA LEECHI, n. Sp. 



Black ; above metallic dark violaceous blue ; head and thorax 

 strongly punctured, sides of the latter angulate at the middle ; elytra 

 with the basal portion strongly swollen, moderately strongly punctate- 

 striate. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head deeply punctured, strigose on the vertex, the epistome not 

 separated from the face ; labrum and palpi piceous ; jaws black. 

 AntennEe two thirds the length of the body, the three lower joints 

 obscure fulvous, the others black. Thorax twice as broad as long, the 

 sides angulate at the middle, the surface transversely convex, im- 

 pressed with deep but not very closely arranged punctures, the 

 interstices somewhat raised ; in front of the anterior margin is a 

 narrow transverse groove ; scutellum subpentagonal, impunctate. 

 Elytra subquadrate, the base very strongly swollen, bounded by a 

 semicircular depression, the shoulders also strongly raised and deeply 

 longitudinally depressed within, the punctures rather deep within 

 these depressions, fine and arranged in striae on the lower portion of 

 the surface ; legs black, the posterior femora with a small tooth. 



Foochan, also Kiukiang. 



