248 CETONIDf^. 



234. Charito valgus andamanicus. 



Charitovalgus andamanicus, Kolbe, Stettin. Ent. Zeit. 1904, p. 22. 



Deep chestnut-colour, clothed with scales varying in colour 

 from almost white to ochre and from that to deep chocolate. The 

 medial basal part of the prouotum, the scutellum, and the middle 

 of each elytron are dark, and the elytra are decorated with whitish 

 scales along the anterior margins, the sutui'e, and a backwardly- 

 curved transverse line upon the inner half of each at the middle. 

 The prop3'gidium, pygidium, abdomen and legs are clothed with 

 pale ochreous scales. 



The pronotum is about as long as it is broad, with the sides 

 serrated and not strongly curved, and the base regularly rounded. 

 The dorsal carintc are rather far apart and diverge shghtly behind, 

 and there are four conical elevations placed in a line parallel with 

 the posterior margin. The scutellum is small. The elytra are 

 minutely toothed at the shoulders and their lateral costae are 

 rather spinose behind. The front tibia is rather short and broad, 

 with the 1st, 3rd and 5th teeth strong and sharp, the liud smaller 

 and the 4th scarcely traceable. The tarsi are rather long. 



cJ . The hind tarsi are nearly three times the length of the 

 tibiae. 



2 . The hind tarsi are more than twice the length of the tibia?. 

 The caudal spine is bent downwards at the apex and tridentate, 

 the lateral teeth being placed a little behind and beneath the 

 middle one. The posterior median part of the pronotum, the 

 Bcutellum, and the middle of the elytra are black or almost black. 



Length 5-6 mm. ; breadth 2*5-3 mm. 



Andaman Is. 



Type in the Berlin Museum. 



