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SOME I^-'DIAN COLEOrXKRA (5). * 



BY G. C. CHAMP£OX, F.Z.S. 



{Concluded from p. 110.) 



Malachiiis indicus. 



Malachius i/idicus Pic, Bull. Sor. d'Hist. Xat. d*!A.«ttU.i,, :xJtV,' 

 Compt. Rend. p. 101 (1913; ( J $ ). 



(J. Moderately elongate, shining, very finely pubescent ; greenish-aeneous, 

 the ante-ocular porlious of the head, the labium, palpi (except at tip), lateral 

 - and basal margins of pro thorax, sutural angles of appendages of elytra, sutures 

 and terminal segment of abdomen, anterior coxae, and legs (the infuscate 

 tarsal joints 3-5 excepted) testaceous, the antennae black, with joints 1 and 2 

 tfc.staceous beneath ; the upper surface closely, extremely minutely punctate, 

 the elytra alutaceous and somewhat rugulose, the prothorax more shining. 

 Head short, transversely grooved between the eyes, nearly as wide as the pro- 

 thorax; antennae long, stout at the base, serrate, joints 5-10 sharply dentate, 

 tapering outwards. Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides, narrowed 

 towards the base. Elytra parallel, not wider than the prothorax, comparatively 

 short, leaving the terminal abdominal segments exposed, with aii indication of 

 raised lines on the disc ; transversely, deeplj', abruptly excavate at the apex, the 

 upper sutural angle >-shaped and the lower one sinuously, obliquely plicate 

 above, the intervening space bearing a compressed ciliated appendage. 

 Posterior tibiae curved. 



2- Antennae short, rather slender, serrate; elytra longer, testaceous 

 along the apical margin. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hab. " Indes " (^(//>e of Pic), W. Almora Division o£ Kumaon 

 {H. G. a : iii.1918, iii.1919). 



One pair, doubtless referable to If. indicus Pic, the description of 

 which I had not seen till after the above was written. Belongs to 

 Abeille de Perrin's Group 2, " Limbati," near M. turanicus Reitt. 

 (1889), from Turcomania. 



Malach ius sikkimensis. 



$ . Malachius sikkimensis Pic, LEchange, xxiii, p. 171 (1907) ? 



$. Moderately elongate, very finely pubescent, the head and prothorax 

 shining, the elytra opaque; brassy-black, the lateral margins of the prothorax 

 broadly (leaving a laterally-angulate, broad, dark vitta on the disc), and the 

 elytra, scarlft or brick-red, the ante-ocular portions of the head and margins of 

 the labrum testaceous, the under surface in part, legs, and the antennae 

 entirely, black; the elytra densely alutaceou.s, the head and prothorax closely, 

 extremely minutely punctate. Head short, nearly as wide as the prothorax, 

 shallowly foveata in the middle between the eyes ; antennae moderately long, 

 sharply dentate from the third joint onward. Prothorax transverse, rounded 



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