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It is very probable that these two species will eventually be 
found to be identical as the only difference I can find is the 
absence of the fulvous angulate band and the spot of the elytra 
in P. Wallace, in structure the two species agree perfectly 
and there is a single specimen of P. ornata before me in which 
the fulvous band is only indicated near the suture; the spot at 
the vertex in also sometimes wanting and the species seems 
to be altogether a very variable one in regard to colouration. 
M." Baly drew up his description of P. ornata from a single 
specimen ; the 4 insects before me vary greatly amongst them- 
selves and P. Wallacet would only be another form with uni- 
colorous metallic green elytra. 
59. Hoplasoma celebensis, n. sp. 
Elongate, testaceous; abdomen and the posterior legs black; 
elytra closely punctured, obsoletely longitudinally costate at the 
sides. 
7. Elytra shining; second segment of the abdomen furnished 
with two elongate black appendages. 
9. Larger, elytra opaque, more strongly costate ; abdomen 
simple. 
Length 4-5 lines. 
Head impunctate; frontal tubercles strongly raised, trigonate ; 
antennae more than half the length of the body in the male, 
flavous, the fourth joint distinctly longer than the preceding ; 
thorax of the same shape as H. apicalis, Jac., impunctate; elytra 
closely and finely punctured with a more or less distinct lon- 
gitudinal costa from the shoulder to below the middle, the 
space in front of it depressed; underside and the 4 anterior 
legs fulvous, the posterior ones with the exception of the last 
Joint of the tarsi and the abdomen black; apices of the elytra 
slightly protuding in a point. ‘ 
Hab. Celebes, Kandari, March (O. Beccari). 
This species differs sufficiently from H. ap/calis to consider 
it as specifically distinct; the posterior legs are always black, 
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