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obliquely to near the suture. Abdomen rather densely punctate. 
Length, 4.5 millimeters; width, 1.6. 
Described from two specimens. The type is from Iligan, 
Mindanao ( Baker 8329 ) ; paratype from the same locality as 
the type, without a number. 
Sambus fasciatus sp. nov. 
Robust, form of the genus Coraebus, entirely blue above, elytra 
marked with transverse bands of silvery white pubescence; be- 
neath greenish blue and rather densely clothed with silvery white 
pubescence. 
Head rather deeply grooved, the groove becoming less distinct 
on the front, densely punctate on front and vertex, slightly 
rugose on occiput, rather densely clothed with long white pu- 
bescence, becoming nearly obsolete on occiput ; antennae reaching 
to apical third of pronotum, basal joints green, following joints 
black, with a slight coppery reflection; clypeal suture distinct; 
epistoma wide, transverse between the antennae. Pronotum 
much wider than long, slightly narrower in front than behind; 
sides scarcely flattened, regularly arcuate, with lateral margin 
crenulate and posterior angles broadly rounded ; anterior margin 
deeply, arcuately emarginate, with a slight median lobe and the 
anterior angles acute; base strongly bisinuate, with a broad 
median lobe in front of scutellum; lateral carina sinuate and 
reaching from base to apical fourth ; disk rather evenly convex ; 
surface rather densely punctate and concentrically rugose, 
sparsely clothed with short white hairs, becoming denser toward 
lateral margin. Scutellum large, triangular, aeneous; surface 
finely reticulate. Elytra at base about equal in width to pro- 
notum at middle, slightly convex, with the basal depressions 
shallow and an oblong depression along lateral margin behind 
the humeri; sides nearly parallel to apical third, then strongly 
attenuate to tips, which are separately rounded and finely 
dentate; surface finely imbricate, becoming finely rugose and 
punctate toward apex, sparsely clothed with short black hairs 
and marked with a series of short white hairs as follows: An 
indistinct, broken, transverse band at middle, with a few 
scattered hairs on basal half, a distinct, wide, transverse band 
at apical fourth, which is emarginate anteriorly, and with a 
few scattered hairs at apex. Abdominal segments very dense- 
ly punctate posteriorly. 
Length, 7 millimeters; width, 2.75. 
Described from a single specimen from Malinao, Tayabas 
Province, Luzon {Baker ) . 
