116 NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN PHYTOPHAGA 



the species. I have only seen two specimens of this insect, a male 

 and a female and even in the latter sex, the elytra show only traces 

 here and there of rugosities at the sides. 



COLASPOSOMA BIFASCIATUM n. sp. 



Obscure aeneous below, the labrum, antennae and legs fulvous, 

 above metallic green, thorax closely and strongly punctured, elytra 

 irregularly and deeply punctate, the sides strongly transversely 

 rugose, each elytron with a narrow cupreous band not extending to 

 the apex. 



Length 5-6 mill. 



(^f. Head rather closely and finely punctured, metallic green, the 

 middle with a small fovea, clypeus not separated from the face, its 

 anterior edge stained with cupreous, antennae fulvous (the apical 

 joints wanting), thorax strongly transverse, convex, the sides strong- 

 ly and evenly rounded, scarcely narrowed anteriorly, the surface 

 rather closely, evenly and more strongly punctured than the head, 

 with a narrow smooth central space, scutellum rather broader than 

 long, with a few punctures, elytra very feebly depressed below the 

 base, deeply punctured, the punctures on the disc arranged in Irre- 

 gular rows, the entire lateral half irregularly punctured and strongly 

 transversely rugose, the rugosities extending to the apex but less 

 marked, a purplish band extends from the middle of the base nearly 

 te the apex, this band is placed rather nearer to the sulural than 

 to the lateral margins and is more or less constricted or interrupted 

 below the base, below finely pubescent, legs robust, fulvous, the 

 knees seneous, the femora strongly incrassate. 



Hah. Madura, India. (Collect. Calcutta Mus. and my own.) 



This species is easily recognized by the purplish or cupreous band 

 of the elytra and the strong rugosities of the latter; in the female 

 the thorax is less transverse, more narrowed anteriorly and the 

 legs are less robust and elongate, in other respects, there is no 

 difference. 



COLASPOSOMA PLANIFRONS n. sp. 



Below and the legs black, above reddish cupreous, lower joints of 

 the antennae fulvous, head and thorax subremotely, evenly and 

 rather strongly punctured, elytra closely and semi-regularly punc- 

 tured, the interstices but slightly rugose below the shoulders ((j*). 



$. Elytra with the interstices at the sides strongly rugose, the 

 rugosities extending nearly to the apex. 



Length 5 mill. 



