512 Mil. K. SAUNDKUS ON SOME 



Length 2 lines. Breadth | line. 



Hab, Japan. 



Ohs. — The entire insect has a silken sheeny appearance, the 

 colour changing remarkably according to the light the insect is 

 held in. There are some specimens before me in which the elytra 

 are coppery-golden and the thorax slightly darker, its anterior 

 margin and angles alone golden-green. 



Ptosima chinexsis, Mars.yAri. Soc. Ent. Franc, vii. 1867, p- 54. 

 Several examples. 



Chrysobothris succedanea, E. S. Capite viridi-scneo, cupreo-mi- 

 cante, punctato, fronte transverse carinata. Thoraee purpureo-fusco, 

 transverse rugoso et punctato, lateribus cuj)reis. Elytris ])urpnreo- 

 fuscis ereberriine punctatis, tribus foveis aureis utrinque notatis ; su- 

 tura prope apicem viridi. Subtus aureo-viridis, lateribus tibiisque 

 roseo-cupreis. 



Head bronzy, with green and eo|)j)ery reflections, transversel}' rugose, 

 and with a strong transverse keel. Thorax pur[)lish brown, with the 

 sides coppery, slightly wider behind than iu front; sides neai-ly 

 straight ; posterior angles largely rounded j base deeply bisinuate ; 

 siuface deeply punctured and transversely rugose ; on each side, par- 

 allel to and very near the margin, is a well-marked carina. Elytra 

 brown, with a purplish tinge, deeply and very closely punctured, each 

 with three golden fovea; — one at the base (a small one), one just above, 

 and the other just below the middle. Besides tliesc, there is a little 

 green spot just behind each shoidder, and a streak of green on the 

 suture just above the apex; sides denticulate posteriorly. From the 

 apex a carina runs up parallel to the suture till it reaches the middle 

 fovea ; another runs parallel to the side as far as the shoidder. 

 Beneath punctured, golden green, with the sides and tibiae rosy copper- 

 colour. 



Length 4| lines. Breadth 2 lines. 



Hab. Japan. 



CoRCEBus IGNOTUS, E. S. Capite thoi-aeeque aureo-cupreis, sparse 

 flavo-pilosis. Elytris cupreo-fuscis, minutissime rugosis, utrinque 

 tribis fasciis sinuatis maculaque apicali ornatis, fasciis duabus anticis 

 interruptis, apicibus rotundatis. Subtus a^neus, aureo-pubescens. 



Head rugosely punctured, golden coppery, impressed between the eyes, 

 and golden pubescent. Thorax golden coppery, clouded on the disk, 

 rugosely punctured ; sides covered with yellow hairs ; posterior angles 

 and base depressed, so as to give the disk a raised appearance ; side 

 margins finely crenulate ; base bisinujite. Eh tia finely rugose, coj)- 

 per}' brown in front, purplish black posteriorly and along the suture ; 

 on each is a sniiill round spot below tlu^ l)iise, an irregular narrow 



