40 Mr. Charles J. Gahan's Revision of 



3. Astathcs higemmata. 

 Astathes higemmata, Thorns., Syst. Ceramb., p. 558. 



Distinguishable from A. mniszechi, Thorns., by its paler yellowish- 

 testaceous colour, and the presence of a very much larger violaceous- 

 blue spot on each elytron, this spot extending longitudinally almost 

 from the middle to the posterior fifth, and transversely across almost 

 the entire width of the elytron. 



Hal. Philippine Islands. Type ( $ ) in coll. 

 Oberthtir. 



4. Astathes posticata, sp. n. (Plate IV, fig. 1.) 



Astathes perplexa, var. (3, Newm., The Entomologist, i, 

 p. 299 (1842). 



' c Elytrorum apex Isete violaceus." 



Testaceous : with the last six or seven joints of the antennae 

 infuscate, and the apical third part of the elytra deep metallic-blue 

 or green, slightly tinged with violet anteriorly. Structural characters 

 as in A. perplexa, Newm., but with the costae of the elytra somewhat 

 more prominent than in that species. 



Long. 13-19, lat. 6-8 mm. 



Hal. Philippine Islands (Cuming, Semper). Type 

 (?) in Brit. Mus. $ in coll. Oberthur. 



5. Astathes bella, sp. n. (Plate IV", fig. 2.) 



Reddish-testaceous, with the elytra dark metallic-blue, the last 

 six joints of the antennae blackish-brown, and the outer faces of the 

 tibiae more or less infuscate. Head closely and strongly punctured 

 in front, less closely on the vertex ; the front with only a faint 

 indication of a median carina near the base. Prothorax with the 

 lateral tubercles rather short and obtuse ; the centro-dorsal gibbosity 

 slightly convex in the longitudinal direction, distinctly and rather 

 closely punctured, its sides converging from behind forwards and 

 perforated each with a deep horizontal pit near the anterior end. 

 Elytra strongly, but not thickly, punctured near the base ; with 

 some rows of smaller punctures extending thence to the middle ; the 

 apical half almost entirely impunctate ; each with two feebly raised 

 dorsal costae in addition to the costa running alongside the sutural 

 margin, and with a dusky patch in front of the middle formed of 

 closely aggregated short decumbent setae, longer erect setae being 

 sparsely scattered over the whole surface. Underside and legs with 

 sparsely spread tawny setae. Antennae of the male extending a little 



