228 



posterior process subtruncate, very narrowly bordered ; pro- 

 sternal process produced into a conical lobe, not margined be- 

 tween the coxae ; the penultimate joint of all tarsi strongly 

 bilobed. 



Bluops verrucosus, n. sp. 



Elongate, ovate acuminate, glabrous; nitid metallic- 

 black ; the head coppery on sides, blue on labrum ; legs and 

 antennae violet, anterior coxae coppery. 



Head deeply and unevenly pitted with coarse punctures ; 

 labrum strongly emarginate; epistoma wide, convex, and 

 arcuate, continuous with the raised canthus ; epistomal suture 

 deep arcuate, terminating in foveae within the antennal orbit, 

 here joined by two curved depressed lines extending backward 

 to the eyes ; these widely separated and oblique ; antennae 

 8 mm. long, joint 2 very short and bead-like, 

 3 as long as 4-5 combined, 4 shorter than 

 5, 5-8 equal, 9-10 slightly shorter and scarcely 

 wider than 8, 11 longer than 10, the basal- 

 joints 1-5 more or less cylindric, 6-10 very 

 narrowly obconic, 11 elongate-ovate. Pro- 

 thorax 3'5x4'5 mm., moderately convex, 

 wider at apex than at base, widest at middle, 

 apex bisinuate, base truncate, anterior angles 

 rounded, produced outward and renexed, 

 sides sinuate behind this lobe, then undu- 

 lately and subangularly widened at the mid- 

 dle, then widely incurved and sinuate to the 

 acute and outwardly produced posterior an- 

 gles, border continuous throughout, widest 

 at base, subobsolete at middle of apex, the 

 disc continuous laterally to this border ; ru- 

 gosely vermiculate-punctate, the intervals 

 smoother and wider at centre (otherwise 

 without any medial line). Scutellum a 

 raised transverse nitid ridge across the mid- 

 dle of the base of elytra, occupying half the 

 width. Elytra very convex, ovate acuminate, 

 of same width as prothorax at base (3'5 

 mm.), widest behind the middle, shoulders obsolete, sides ex- 

 panding to the widest part, then rather rapidly and a little 

 sinuately converging to the tapering apex. Epipleural fold 

 evident in humeral region, the whole elytra, except the suture, 

 closely covered with round, smooth tubercles arranged more 

 or less in rows, about eight rows on each elytron, the tubercles 

 in adjacent rows alternating (i.e., those in row 2 fitting be- 

 tween the tubercles in row 1, etc.), those in the centre some- 

 what flattened, those on the sides and apex more conical, 



