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the olypeus slightly more closely punctured, labrum and jaws 

 piceous,antennaB black, the lower four or five joints fulvous, termi- 

 nal joints, only extending to th(^ base of the thorax, transversely 

 widened; thorax more thaa twice as broad as long, the sides 

 straight, the posterior margin oblique at the sides, the médian lobe 

 broadly ronnded, the anterior portion strongly deflexed, the surface 

 aeneous or obscure cupreous rather closely and distinctly punctured 

 the punctures evenly distributed, but a little more closely placed 

 at the sides than at the dise; scutellum bluish ; eiytra as broad as 

 the thorax, strongly convex,deeply punctate-striate, the punctures 

 distinct to the apex, the outermost row near the latéral margin 

 only consisting of a few punctures at the base, underside and legs 

 black. 



Hab. Belgaum, S. Bombay. 



The black underside and legs, the colour of the thorax and the 

 strongly punctured eiytra, distinct to the apex, séparâtes this 

 species from JSI . tarsalis Duviv, in some spécimens however, the 

 tarsi are obscure fulvous but the sculpturing of the eiytra remains 

 distinct; both posterior tibiae are distincly notched at the apex. 



Colasposoma Andrewesi n. sp. 



Q. Dark violaceous blue, the basai joints of the antennse, 

 fulvous, thorax very closely and finely punctured, eiytra semi- 

 regularly punctured near the suture, the entire sides occupied 

 by strongly raised transverse rugosities and tubercles, legs 

 piceous or the femora fulvous. 



Length 2 1/2 Unes. 



Head finely but not very closely punctured at the vertex, more 

 closely at the lower portion, without tubercles or groove, the 

 clypeus and the space above the insertion of the antennae more 

 or less bright metallic green, anterior edge of the clypeus but 

 slightly concave at the raiddle, labrum fulvous, antennse exten- 

 ding beyond the middle of the eiytra, the lower six joints 

 fulvous, the rest black, the third, fourth and fîfth of equal 

 length ; thorax three times broader than long, the sides evenly 

 rounded, narrowly margined, the surface convex, very closely, 

 evenly and finely punctured, the punctures not stronger at the 

 sides than at the middle, scutellum metallic green, not longer 

 than broad, with some punctures, eiytra with closely approached 

 rows of punctures near the suture, the shoulders prominent, the 

 sides very strongly rugose and tuberculate, the tubercles exten- 

 ding to the apex but gradually decreasing in numbers towards 

 the latter place; underside finely pubescent, the breast greenish, 



