BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 563 



at the apex, its sides to the base (where it is widest) are slightly 

 sinuous and it occupies about two-thirds of the surface; on the 

 elytra it extends rather more than one-third of their length from 

 the base along the suture, and covers considerably less area than 

 on the prothorax. To the naked eye it appears almost perfectly 

 oval, except that the small end is truncated. In a specimen in 

 Mr. Hacker's collection the greenish marking is interrupted at 

 the base of the elytra. On the specimen before me there is a 

 small indistinct spot on each side near the front of the prothorax, 

 and, when viewed obliquely, the flavous portions are seen to have 

 .a very decided coppery-green gloss. 



