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the hea'l impunctatc without frontal elevations, clypeus Ììi-om»!, 

 impunctate, the space above the base of the antennae with an 

 o])lique groove, palpi rather slender, the penultimate joint but 

 slightly incrass'ate , the terminal one acutely pointed , antennae 

 not quite extending to the middle of the elytra, entirely fuhous, 

 all the joints with the exception of the second one , of nearly 

 equal length, thoi-ax more than twice as broad as long, the 

 sides nearly straight, the anterior angles somewhat truncately 

 oblique with an ul)solete depression behind the eyes, the posterior 

 margin with a Ijroad ])ut slightly produced median lolje and a 

 distinct perpendicular groove at each side, the surface extremely 

 minutely and closely punctured , scutellum small , elytra wider 

 at the l)ase than the thorax , rather strongly and regularly 

 punctate-striate , the interstices especially at the sides , longitu- 

 dinally costate, their epipleurae very broad, posterior tibiae with 

 a distinct spine, presternum and mesosternum rather broad. 



Ilab. Si-RamJK', March and December. 



In its broad and rounded shape and the costate elytral inter- 

 stices, this species resem1)les much a species of my genus Enjslus, 

 but the nearly straight sides of the tliorax and the distinct per- 

 pendicular groove of the latter, place the insect in Podayrica 

 and not in Nisotra which two genera have l)een more clearly 

 defined by Weise (Deutsche Ent. Zeitsch., 18'.>2). Amongst the 

 numerous exotic forms which exist, it is however very difficult 

 and often impossible to define the limits of a genus to a satisfac- 

 tory degree while classification is comparatively easy with a 

 few species only available for examination and unless the mo- 

 nographer has a great material to work from, no certain arran- 

 gement can be arrived at. 



;37. Crepldodera minuta, n. sp. — Flavous, the apical joints of 

 the antennae, ])lack, thorax deeply transversely sulcate, strongly 

 but sparingly punctured, elytra rather strongly punctate-striate. 

 the interstices ilat. 



Length Va Ihie. 



Of narrow, parallel shape, the head impunctate, the frontal 

 elevations obsolete, the clypeus very narrowly transvi-rse. an- 



