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HALT ICINJE. 



Key to the Species. 



1. Upper side, at least the elytra, metallic, 



the colour being blue, green or purple . 

 Upper side not metallic 



2. Pronotum and elytra concolorous 



Pronotum and elytra not concolorous . . 



3. Body entirely shining dark blue; antennae 



black 



Body not entirely shining dark blue .... 



4. Colour above bright metallic blue ; part 



of the head and the three basal seg- 

 ments of the antenna? brown, underside 

 blackish (length 5£ mm., breadth 



3imm.) 



Colour above deep brown with a purplish 

 gloss 



5. Elytra dark metallic green, with lateral 



margins and the apex yellow-brown . . 

 Elytra deep violet or purple or bronzy- 

 violet 



6. Underside blackish ; antenna? somewhat 



stout, with the three basal segments 

 brown and the eight apical segments 

 blackish ; insect larger (5^-6 mm. long) . 

 Underside and the whole of the antenna? 

 brown, the latter slender ; insect smaller 

 (4f mm. long) 



7. Head and pronotum pitch-biown to 



black, elytra yellow-brown 



No such combination of colours 



8. Disc of elytra entirely black, with the 



margins and part, at least, of the 



suture, yellow-brown 



No such combination of colours 



9. Disc of elytra black, intersected by an 



oblique brownish-yellow band which is 

 a continuation of the broad brownish- 

 yellow stripe on the posterior half of 

 the suture ; margins all round broadly 



brownish-yellow 



No such pattern on the elytra 



10. Elytra black or brownish-black allround, 



with a pale ovate or a transverse patch 



on each 



Elytra with no such pattern 



11. Each elytron black with two pale 



patches, the extent of which varies 



considerably 



Elytra with no such pattern ; head, pro- 

 notum and elytra entirely brown .... 



12. Pronotum entirely impunctate 



Pronctum punctate, with at least a few 



punctures 



13. Body parallel-sided ; pronotum with ill- 



defined depressions 



2. 

 7. 



5.' 



>S'. recticollis, Jac, p. 386. 

 4. 



& nila, sp. n., p. 386. 



S.pyrobapta, sp. n., p. 387. 



[p. 388, 

 *$'. pallidicincta, Jac, 



6. 



S. iobaphes, sp. n., p. 388. 



S. ioscopa, sp. n., p. 390. 



S. troglodytes, 01., p. 390. 

 8. 



S. perata, sp. n., p. 391. 

 9. 



S.Jrmbriata, sp. n., p. 392. 



S. lusca, Fabr., p. 393. 



[p. 394. 

 S. quadrimaculata, Jac, 



12. 

 13. 



15. 



S. elonyata, Jac, p. 395. 



