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Show 1880.] MR. M. JACOBY ON PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA. 593 Head transversely and longitudinally grooved, with a few irregularly distributed deep punctures, violaceous or purplish; labrum fulvous, with a piceous patch. Antenna? more than half the length of the body, the first seven joints black, shining, the others testaceous, closely pubescent. Thorax convex, distinctly bisinuate, all the angles acute, the posterior ones toothed ; disk with a very deep oblique fovea near the base at each side ; several shallow obsolete depressions are also situated near the base; rest of the surface very remotely and rather finely punctured, black with a slight purplish tint, the lateral margin metallic green ; scutellum smooth. Elytra very slightly transversely depressed below the base, each elytron with about seven double rows of punctures finely impressed, the first two rows consisting of only a single line of punctures towards the posterior half, the other rows somewhat irregular; surface of the same colour as the thorax, rather broadly margined with metallic green. Underside darker green ; legs testaceous, last two joints of the tarsi fuscous. Mus. Jacoby. Genus CHALCOPHANA, Chev. 21. C H A L C O P H A N A E F F U L G E N S , Erichs. 22. CHALCOPHANA BUCKLEYI, sp. nov. Black ; abdomen, base of the femora and tibiae rufous; head and thorax fulvous ; elytra dark purplish, shining, the lateral margin narowly and the apex broadly testaceous. Length 4 lines. Head with a deep central groove and a transverse depression between the eyes, the upper part remotely punctured, lower part of face testaceous; first three joints of the antennse testaceous, marked with black at the upperside, the rest dark fulvous or piceous. Thorax narrow, transverse, anterior angles acute, testaceous or fulvous ; surface with a few very deep punctures on the disk, more crowded at the sides and intermixed with smaller ones ; scutellum purplish. Elytra with a shallow transverse depression below the base, moderately deeply and rather regularly punctate-striate, the punctuation much finer towards the posterior part; a highly raised costa runs parallel with the lateral margin to the apex, where it ends in a point; the elytra are of a dark purplish colour, margined with testaceous, the latter colour widened into a triangular patch at the apex. Breast, the first abdominal segments, and the apex of the femora and tibiae greenish black ; all the other parts rufous. I also possess this species from Peru. Mus. Godman and Salvin. 23. CHALCOPHANA DIMIDIATA, Baly. 24. CHALCOPHANA IGNICOLLIS, sp. nov. Broadly ovate. Metallic green, last seven joints of the antennse and the tibiae and tarsi black ; above dark purplish; head, thorax, |