^Fr. Watkrhousk on the i/fntis (liilochroinu?;. 197 



tliore is a deep impression ; the l>ase is mavgiued. The elytra 

 are rusty yellow, dull and pubescent, bluish-black at th(! a])ox, 

 striated near the suture, the interstices rather convex. 

 ITab. Penaug, Java, Sumatra. Brit. Mus. 



C. orbatiis, n. sp. (PI. 11, f. 4). 



Statura omnino prajcedentis, dift'ert tamen antennarum articulo 

 tei-tio longiori ; elytris totis ferriigineis. Long. o-G-^ lin. 



This sj^ecies differs only from C inclanin'HS in having the 

 elytra uniform rusty yellow, and in liaving the third joint of 

 the autennaj neai'ly three times as long as its greatest widtli, 

 whereas in C. melanurus it is at most twice as long as broad. 



Hab. Philippine Islands, and Darjeeling, Brit. Mus. 



** Forehead gently convex ; head generally not visible from 

 above : margin of the antennal j)it contiguous to the eye. 



C. apkalls, Plope* (PI. II, f. 5). 



Omab/siis a/iicalis, Hope, <Tray, Zool. iMiscel. 1831, p. '26. 



Niger ; elytris rufis, plaga magna basali nigra ; thorace 

 transverso, medio canaUculato, utrinque biimpresso, angulis 

 rotimdatis ; elytris thorace paulo latioribus, postice parum 

 ampliatis, apice rotundatis, pubescentibus, singulis dorsim lineis 

 quiucpie impressis, interstitiis angustis convexiusculis $ . Long. 

 t! hn., lat. 2^ hn. 



Rather a broad species. Antenna; rather stout, half the lengtli 

 of the body, fourth joint as long as the two previous joints 

 taken together, tlie fifth a little shorter, the sixth and ninth 

 slightly increasing in length, very little compressed, truncate at 

 their apex. Thorax a qiiarter broader than long, moderately 

 shining, all the angles rounded, especially the anterior, the 

 central impressed line reaching from the posterior to the 

 anterior margins, well defined and of equal depth ; on each side 

 ai'e two large deep impressions separated from ea(;h other by an 

 obhque ridge. The elytra are at the base a little broader than 

 tlie thorax, a little wider posteriorly, red, with a black patch 

 extending from tlie base to the ])Osterior two-thirds, leaving 

 the margins and the apex i-ed ; each elytron has five impressed 



* O. nineiilicoUls and 0. Tincaioeoll'ix, Hope. I.e.. are 'rih-plioridai. 

 (J. lincatux, Hope, is at present unknown to me. 



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