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distinguished from aeneit* (Waterhouse) by its much smaller 

 size, very different clypeus and partly red legs, from punctu- 

 latus (Olliff) and prasinus (Macleay) by the more -robust build, 

 much coarser punctures, and very different clypeus, from the 

 species identified by Ohaus as jwasinus (Castelnau) by the 

 much darker green without pale margins, elytra without 

 regular striae, and by the different punctures and clypeus. 

 From some directions the prothoracic margins and median line, 

 scutellum, and the suture and margins of elytra appear to be 

 of a brighter green than the adjacent parts. There are no 

 distinct discal striae on the elytra, but to the naked eye the 

 punctures appear to be packed together in close rows, about 

 eighteen rows on each elytron, they are frequently transversely 

 conjoined, and there are often strong punctures on the 

 interstices between the rows ; they are coarser than on any 

 other species, except velutinus, but are not interspersed with 

 foveae as on porosus and olivieri. 



Calloodes nitidissimus, n. sp. 

 PI. xxvii., figs. 71 and 72. 



c? . Bright metallic-green and highly polished ; antennae 

 dull red, club darker. Upper-surface glabrous; pygidium 

 evenly clothed with depressed white hairs or setae, these 

 becoming dense on parts of sterna and sides of abdomen, legs 

 sparsely clothed, a row of reddish bristles on front femora. 



Head wide, obliquely flattened in front ; with sparse and 

 rather small but sharply-defined punctures. Clypeus about 

 twice and one-half as wide as long:, front margin rather 

 strongly upturned ; punctures distinct only on sides, hind 

 suture feebly sinuous. Prothorax about twice as wide as long, 

 gently convex, front angles acute, hind ones almost rectangular, 

 base trisinuate, all margins thickened except close to scutellum 

 and in middle of apex ; punctures very small and sparse in 

 middle, becoming larger (but still small) and denser on sides. 

 Scutellum with sparse and minute punctures. Elytra with 

 outlines continuous with those of prothorax, each elytron sub- 

 triangularly produced and finely serrated at inner apex, 

 without discal striae, but with a narrow one on each side and 

 a feeble one near apical half of suture ; punctures very small 

 and sparse, towards sides becoming lineate in arrangement. 

 Pygidium with dense and fine sublaminate nunctures. Front 

 tibiae with a strong apical tooth only : claws unequal but 

 simple. Length (d, $), 20-23 mm. 



9 • Differs in having a conspicuous brassy gloss, the 

 clypeus considerably wider, less upturned in front, and with 

 larger and denser punctures, the punctures behind its hind 

 suture are also larger and denser, the club of the antennae is 





