1894.] COLEOPTEEA OP THE GEKTJS (EDIOISTCHIS. 617 



stripes have been described, principally by von Harold, but I am 

 not able to identify with either of thein tbe present species, which 

 perhaps is most nearly allied to (E. inconstans, Schauf., and (E. for- 

 mosa, Har. ; none of these or others have, however, three longi- 

 tudinal stripes on each elytron besides the sutural one as is the 

 case in <E. osculans ; there are besides this other differences which 

 must be compared in the descriptions; my specimen agrees entirely 

 with the one contained in the British Museum and which served 

 Clark for his type. 



CEdiontchis intersigxata, n. sp. (Chevr. in litt.). 



Very convex, black ; thorax impunctate, the sides flavous : elytra 

 very finely punctured, metallic violaceous, a transverse band at the 

 middle, not extending to the suture, and a spot at the apex flavous. 



Length 3§ lines. 



Head black, impunctate, shining ; the antennae extending only 

 to the base of the thorax, black, the third joint shorter than the 

 fourth; thorax more than twice as broad as long, the sides strongly 

 rounded, the anterior angles tuberculif orm, the surface impunctate, 

 shining, black, the sides as far as the flattened portion flavous ; 

 scutellum black : elytra very convex, finely and closely punctured, 

 of a dark purplish violaceous colour, a broad transverse band at 

 the middle, interrupted by the suture, and a subtriangular spot 

 at the apex bright flavous ; epipleurae violaceous within, flavous 

 at their outer margin ; underside and legs black, shining. 



Hab. Surinam. 



Not unlike (E. libentina, Germ., in coloration, but larger, more 

 convex, the elytral band much narrower and not extending to the 

 suture. 



(Edioxtchis oblonga (Clk. Catal.) 



Fulvous, the apical joints of the antenna? black ; thorax im- 

 punctate ; elytra fulvous, impunctate, a broad transverse band at 

 the base and another below the middle, not extending to the sides, 

 violaceous blue. 



Length 3 lines. 



Head entirely impunctate, fulvous, the frontal elevations not 

 strongly raised, carina short and thick ; antennae extending to the 

 middle of the elytra, the lower four or five joints fulvous, the 

 others nearly black, fourth joint very elongate, slightly longer 

 than the fifth, third joint scarcely half the length of the fourth ; 

 thorax about twice and a half broader than long, the sides rather 

 evenly rounded, with the usual flattened margins, the surface 

 entirely impunctate, with a narrow transverse impressed line or 

 sulcus near the base, anterior angles rather acutely pointed ; 

 scutellum fulvous ; elytra pale fulvous, entirely impunctate, the 

 base with a broad transverse violaceous band extending nearly to 

 the middle but not to the sides, the posterior margin of this band 

 obliquely rounded at the latter place, a similar band is placed 

 below the middle, the outer margins of this band are also rounded 



