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16. C. australasiae Fairm. 



Ann. Soc. Entom. France, 6e sér. I, p. 463, 1881. 



Distinctive characters: Head behind the eyes 

 almost rounded , front obsoletely foveolate ; metarostrum 

 almost smooth ; apical joint of the antennae moderately 

 longer than the preceding one, prothorax furrowed up to 

 the apical margin , elytra as in the preceding species but 

 the striae less curved at the base. — Length 4^/3 — 7 mill. — 

 Not common. 



Hab. Australia. 



17. C. sumatranus Senna. 



Bull. Soc. Entom. Ital. XXV, m, p. 306, t. Ill, f. 1, 1893. 



Distinctive characters: Closely allied to C. austral- 

 asiae Fairm. , but the head slightly longer, the eyes less 

 prominent, the front and metarostrum distinctly furrowed. — 

 Length 4^/3 — 5^/4 mill. — Not common. 



Hab. Sumatra and Timor. 



18. C. andamanicus, n. sp. 



Elongatus , augustus , depressus , brunneo-rufus , nitidus , 

 pedibus ferrugineo-brunneis capite pone Oculos rotundato , 

 metarostro tenue sulcato , prothorace sulcata usque ad 

 apicem , elytris lateribus sub-parallelis , apice singulatim 

 sub-rotundatis , angulo externa breviter retrorsum dentato , 

 dorso juxta suturam dimidio basalt tristriatis , stria 3« medium 

 versus obliterata; lateribus laevibus ^ nitidis. — Long. G'/s mill. 



Hab. Andaman Islands. 



A single specimen in my collection. 



Head as long as broad , rounded behind the eyes which 

 are rather large , base emarginate in the middle , slightly 

 convex above ; metarostrum slightly furrowed , prorostrum 

 not longer , smooth. Antennae stoutish , with the joints 

 ovate elongate , the apical joint moderately longer than 



Notes from ttie Leyden. ]VIusen.iu, "Vol. XVII. 



