NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN PHYTOPHAGA 115 



rugosities which diminish gradually towards the apex, breast 

 metallic green, rest of the underside and the legs fulvous, 



Hab. India orient. 



Although I know only a single female specimen of this species, 

 the differences in the sculpturing in connection with the coloration 

 are so marked, that it cannot easily be confounded with any other 

 of its allies; the short and very strongly punctured thorax and the 

 rugosities of the elytra which resemble those of the genera Edusia 

 or Ahirus instead of the usual irregular rough appearance, will at 

 once distinguish C. rufipes. 



COLASPOSOMA LATIGOLLE n. sp. 



Below piceous with metallic lustre, above cupreous, the antennse 

 and the legs fulvous, thorax very broad, convex and with strongly 

 rounded sides, closely and strongly punctured, elytra more strongly 

 punctured, in closely approached, semi-regular rows. 



Fern. Thorax with less strongly rounded margins, the elytra 

 slightly rugose at the sides. 



Length 5-6 mill. 



(^. Head closely and strongly punctured throughout, the clypeus 

 separated from the face by an obsolete triangular depression, its 

 surface punctured like the head but the interstices longitudinally 

 strigose, labrum piceous, antennse pale fulvous, extending to the 

 middle of the elytra; thorax nearly three times broader than long, 

 very convex, its sides strongly rounded, the angles distinct, but not 

 produced, the surface very closely and strongly punctured, the 

 punctures evenly distributed, not stronger at the sides than at the 

 middle, the latter with a narrow short smooth raised line, the space 

 behind the anterior margin, transversely depressed, scutellum 

 distinctly and rather closely punctured; elytra not widened poste- 

 riorly, the shoulders prominent; the punctuation rather stronger 

 than that of the thorax and arranged in semi-regular closely 

 approached rows, a very narrow and not strongly raised costa 

 extends from the shoulders to below the middle, the sides with a 

 rather strongly deflexed lateral margin; the legs robust, obscure 

 fulvous with a more or less distinct metallic green gloss, the ante- 

 rior tibiae slightly curved, strongly three-carinate at the sides, the 

 underside clothed with fine grey pubescence. 



Hah. Mandar, Bengal. 



The shape of the thorax of this species, in the male, is characte- 

 ristic and resembles some of its African congeners; this structure 

 and the close, strong and evenly placed punctuation, as well as the 

 nearly absent transverse rugosities will assist in the recognition of 



