468 Mr. W. W. Saunders on 



Legs long and rather slender. 



Length -^^ inch. 



From Sarawack. In Mr. Wallace's collection. 



This species comes near to C splendidus, described in my former 

 paper. At first I thought it was a variety of that species, but on 

 close examination there are characters which distinguish it, as 

 well as the difference of colour and its want of brilliancy. The 

 distinguishing characters are, the thorax broader and less nar- 

 rowed posteriorly, the elytra with the striae nearly equally spaced, 

 and the upper surface of the same not undulating. This species, 

 splendidus and cupnpennis, form a well-marked section of the genus, 

 almost entitled to generic distinction. 



Notes on some of the already described Species of 

 Catascopus. 



1. Catascopus facialis, Wied. 



Many specimens of this species were collected by Mr. Wallace, 

 and present variations in size as well as in the shape of the thorax, 

 some having this part of the body more contracted posteriorly 

 than the others, with the hinder angles a little more prominent. 

 A specimen from Batchian has a purplish tint in the shape of an 

 indefined band across the apical half of the elytra. 



2. Catascopus amcenus, Chaud. 



This species varies considerably in colour, in tints from bronzy 

 to bright coppery-green. The legs, in a specimen from Dorey, 

 are bright rufous-brown. 



3. Catascopus oxygonus, Chaud. 



This species varies much in size, and the thorax is narrower in 

 some specimens than in others. 



4. Catascopus hrachypterus, Chaud. 

 A specimen from Malacca, collected by Mr. Wallace, is nearly 

 double the size of two specimens I have examined, one from Sin- 

 gapore, the other from Sarawack. It is also of an uniform bright 

 metallic-green. I cannot find, however, any characters to dis- 

 tinguish it as a species. 



