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Show 1888.] NEW COLEOPTERA FROM CHINA. 381 eeneum ; pedes rufo-cuprei, tarsis viridi-ceneis. Metasterni episterna brevissima. Long. 1 8 millim. Kiu-Kiang, one female example only. CARABUS (COPTOLABRUS) AUGUSTUS. C. lafossei longior et minus convexus, thorace (violaceo) et elytris (obscure viridibus) splendidissime late igneo-cupreo marginatis. Caput angustum, nigrum, postice parum rugulosum, viridi-aura-tum; thorace elongato, medio rotundato-dilatato nee angulato, postice sicut in C. lafossei sinuatim angustato, disco violaceo opaco subtiliter transversim undulato-striato: elytris valde elongato-ovatis, dimidio basali vix convexis, apice bimucronatis, utrinque triseriatim tuberculutis, tuberculis magis ovatis nigris, interspatiis subtilissime alutaceis, opacis et sparsim minute tuber-culatis, tuberculisque paullo majoribus in seriebus flexuosis quatuor ordinatis. Subtus, antennee, palpi et pedes chalybeo-nigra. 8 • Tarsi antici articulis tribus mediocriter dilatatis, subtus spongiosis. Long. 43-46 millim. Kiu-Kiang. Many examples. Var. C. IGNIMITELLA.-Paullo magis convexus, thorace antice et postice magis angustato (omnino igneo-cupreo cincto) elytrisque nigris aurescenti-viridi marginatis, tuberculis angustioribus et convexioribus. Long. 40 millim. Fu-chau. Two examples. The very minute sculpture and opacity of the depressed parts of the elytra cause the shining black tubercles to stand out in more conspicuous relief than in L. lafossei and its var. cce/estis, the minute irregular tubercles as well as the waved row (down each interstice between suture and lateral border) of rather longer tubercles being quite distinct from the ground-sculpture. The fiery metallic border of the thorax is furrowed with transverse rugae coarser than those of the opaque violet-coloured disk. CARABUS KIUKIANGENSIS. C. fiduciario (Thorns.) proxime affinis, elytris similiter punctato-striatis et utrinque tricatenatis, thoraceque ruguloso-punctulato, sed differt striarum interstitiis crassioribus catenarumque tuberculis multo latioribus plerumque ovatis; differt autem antennis 8 multo longioribus (media elytra attingentibus) urticulisque quinto et sexto apice infra valde nodosis. Niger vix cenescens, parum nitidus, thorace quadrato-cordato, ante medium valde rotundato et postice fortiter sinuato, angulis posticis sicut in C. fiduciario obtuse productis; tibiis anticis 8 2 intus simpli-cibus. Long. 32-33 millim. Kiu-Kiang, Yang-tsze. LEBIA CO__LESTIS. Lata, mediocriter convexa, flavo-testacea, elytris subviolaceo- |
