58 ME. r. p. PASCOE ON THE CUKCULIONIDiE. 



punctatis, interstitiis fere impunctatis ; segmento ultimo abdominis 

 bifoveato. Long. 2f liu. 

 Hab. Batchian. 



Metanthia cvanea. M. supra saturate cyanea, subtus nigra, 

 omnino nitida ; rostro subtiliter punctato ; antennis ferrugineis ; 

 prothorace subtilissime punctato ; elytris tenuiter seriatim punctatis, 

 interstitiis impunctatis ; tibiis tarsisque castaneis, articulo ultimo tar- 

 sorum piceo. Long. 2f lin. 



Hab. Waigiou. 



Metanthia nitidula. M. elliptica, atra, nitida, supra minus con- 

 vexa, impunctata ; rostro prothorace baud longiore, subtiliter vage 

 punctulato ; antennis ferrugineis ; prothorace antice sat subito con- 

 stricto, lateraliter gradatim leviter latiore ; elytris oblongo-cordifor- 

 mibus, obsolete striatis, basi excepta ; corpore infra rarissime sub- 

 tiliter punctulato ; femoribus punctis oblongis majusculis impressis. 

 Long. 2\ lin. 



Hab. Batchian. 



Ipsiohoea. 



(Baridinae.) 



Mustrum elongatum, subulatum, basi baud gibbosulum, apice vix 

 dilatatum ; scrohes submedianse. Oculi ovati, tenuiter granu- 

 lati. Scopus gracilis, oculum baud attingens ; funiculus articulo 

 basali ampliato, caeteris gradatim crassioribus, in clavam con- 

 tin uatis. Frothorax transversus, antice tubulatus, basi bisi- 

 nuatus. Elytra prothorace vix latiora, oblongo-cordiformia. 

 JPectus ampliatum. Coxcb anticee valde remotse. Pedes medio- 

 cres ; femora subelongata, modice incrassata, infra canaliculata 

 et dente minuto instructa ; tihice rectse, apice calcarataB. Abdo- 

 men segmentis duobus basalibus ampliatis. 



"With the rostrum of Pseudocliolus this genus differs in its 

 shorter legs, and the femora stouter and canaliculate beneath ; 

 the species, instead of the bronze or dark olive of that genus, are 

 of a rich blue, but varied, even individually to some extent, by 

 violet or copper reflections. The males appear to have the 

 anterior tarsi larger and fimbriated as in Pseudocliolus. 



Ipsichora cupido. /. subelliptica, ubique nitidissima, supra caerulea, 

 prothorace violaceo vel pm-pureo ; rostro prothorace fere sesquilon- 

 giore, obsolete punctato, nigro, basi capiteque chalybeatis ; antennis 

 fusco-castaneis ; prothorace utrinque modice ampliato, pone apicem 

 in certa luce quasi sulcato, subtilissime vage punctato ; elytris fere 



