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with a sharp tooth on either side of the emargination ; the upper 

 surface very minutely punctate, and having eight regular, shallow, 

 jjunctate striae. 



Legs moderate, with the tarsi dark pitchy-brown. 



Length -g^g inch. 



Hab. Batchian, Ternate and Aru. Wallace. 



This is a broad, glossy species, of no great size, with a broad 

 thorax. A specimen from Ternate appears to have the foregoing 

 characters, except that the lateral margins of the thorax are less 

 rounded. It can scarcely be considered as a species. 



4. Catascopus splendidus, W. W. S. (PI. XVIL fig. 1.) 



Above, bright, shining, copper-coloured ; the head, thorax and 

 the suture of the elytra with greenish reflections. Underside of 

 body and the legs dark, shining green. 



Head slightly contracted behind, with the upper part rounded 

 and uneven with minute undulations, with two rather deep, 

 rounded depressions between the eyes. The antennae and parts 

 of the mouth nearly black. 



Thorax rather broader than the head and somewhat longer 

 than broad, much contracted posteriorly, with the sides narrowly 

 margined and rounded ; the anterior angles prominent and pointed, 

 the posterior angles well pronounced; the anterior margin slightly 

 emarginate, the hinder margin nearly straight; the upper surface 

 much rounded, very smooth, with a deep, longitudinal, central 

 furrow, and an elongate, curved depression a little behind the 

 anterior margin. 



Elytra broader than the thorax, with the sides parallel, once 

 and a half as long as broad ; the shoulders prominent and rounded, 

 with tlie apices rounded and strongly emarginate, with a broad, 

 sharply-pointed tooth at the commencement of each emargination, 

 and another tooth, rather longer and narrower than tlie first, at 

 the apex of each elytron ; the upper surface very smooth and 

 somewhat undulating, with eight irregular longitudinal striae, those 

 near the sides slightly punctate. 



Legs long, rather slender ; tarsi black. 



Length -^^ inch. 



Hab. Sarawack. Wallace. 



A fine brilliant species, resembling in colour and form the C. 

 cupripennis of Thom., but differing in the much larger size, in the 

 shape of the thorax, which is much broader, and in the character 

 of the upper surface of the elytra, which is more undulating and 

 reflecting the copper tints much more brilliantly. 



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