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rounded, the anterior angles oblique, the surface transversely 

 convex, metallic dark blue, sparingly punctured; elytra but little 

 widerat the base than the thorax, subcylindrical, the apex rounded, 

 the base with a rather deep dépression, the surface strongly and 

 closely punctured, the shoulders strongly raised with an acute 

 oblique short ridge. 



In the maie, the tibise and tarsi are more strongly dilated and 

 the elytral ridge is less prominent than in the other sex, in both 

 the punctuation of the elytra diminishes greatly towards the apex. 



HERM.EOPHAGA INDICA sp. n. 



Ovate, wlnged, the underside, legs and the antennse (the basai 

 joints excepted) blackish, head and thorax flavous, the latter 

 impunctate, the basai groove feeble, elytra dark metallic blue, very 

 finely and closely punctured, tarsi more or less fulvous. 



Length 2 mill, 



Head impunctate, flavous, the frontal élévations feebly indicated, 

 the carina short and broad, antennse rather slender, black, the 

 lower two or three joints fulvous, the second, third and fourth joint 

 nearly equal, terminal johits slightly elongate and thickened ; 

 thorax transversely subquadrate, the sides nearly straight, the 

 anterior angles obllquely thickened, posterior margin rounded and 

 produced at the middle, the dise impunctate, flavous, with a very 

 feeble transverse sulcus near the base, bounded at the sides by a 

 very short and shallow perpendicular groove, scutellum black; 

 elytra broader at the base than the thorax, convex, closely and 

 finely punctured, the punctuation hère and there arranged in 

 irregular rows; below and the legs nearly black, the coxse and the 

 last joint of the tarsi more or less fulvous; posterior tibise with a 

 small spine, the olhers unarmed, cavities open. 



This is the first Indian species of Ihe genus with which I am 

 acquainted and although allied to the European forms, diflers 

 somewhat in the very feeble thoracic sulcus. 



SEB.-ETHE INTERMEDIA sp. n. 



Obscure fulvous, the terminal joints of the antennœ black, thorax 

 strongly transverse, impunctate, elytra extremely finely and rather 

 remotely punctured. 



Length 4 mill. 



Head impunctate, the frontal élévations trigonate, nearly conti- 

 guous, clypeus concave, antennae extending to about the middle of 

 the elytra, black, the lower two joints fulvous, third and foUowing 



