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broad as long, rather convex, the sides strongly angulate below the 

 middle, before and behind the angle strongly oblique, the surface 

 transversely grooved near the anterior angles, rather strongly and 

 evenly but not very closely punctured, scutellum subquadrate, its 

 apex truncate, elytra with a short but deep transverse dépression 

 below the base, the shoulders prominent, strongly punctate-striate 

 anteriorly, the punctation finer below the middle, the striae rather 

 widely separated except at the sides, below black, the legs with 

 a slight purplish gloss, the breast sometimes more or less metallic 

 green. 

 Rab. Kanara, S. Bombay. 



Colaspoides semipiceus n. sp. 



Fulvous, above piceous, thorax transverse, nearly impunctate, 

 elytra strongly and nearly regularly punctate-striate, the anterior 

 femora strongly, the posterior ones more feebly dentate. 



Var. above violaceous-blue. 



Length 2 i/a lines. 



Head obscure fulvous, with a few very minute punctures near 

 the eyes, the clypeus not separated from the face, nearly smooth, 

 the antennae extending beyond the middle of the elytra, pale ful- 

 vous, with a short twelfth joint, third and folio wing joints slender, 

 equal, terminal joints slightly shorter, thorax rather more than 

 twice as broad as long, strongly narrowed in front, the sides 

 slightly rounded, the angles acute, but not produced, the surface 

 smooth, piceous, shining, very sparingly impressed with a few 

 minute punctures, the dise with a slight metallic greenish gloss 

 (sometimes absent), elytra strongly punctured in closely approached 

 rather regular rows which are doubled near the suture but become 

 single towards the apex where three or four rows are distinct, at the 

 sides the punctuation is more irregular, underside and legs fulvous, 

 the anterior ones dilated into a strong tooth, the posterior ones 

 with a smaller one. 



Hab. Kanara, S. Bombay. 



Separated from most of its allies by the piceous colour of the 

 upper surface, the nearly impunctate thorax and the strong fémo- 

 ral tooth ; a single spécimen differs from the others in having the 

 upper side violaceous blue but in no other way. 



Pseudocolaspis orientalis n. sp. 



Metallic greenish or brownish, the antennae, labrum and legs 

 dark fulvous, thorax scarcely broader than long, widened at the 

 middle, densely and strongly punctured, sparingly pubescent, 



