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elytra fînely and very closely punctured anteriorly, punctate- 

 striate posteriorly, the interstices sparingly pubescent; femora 

 strongly dentate. 



Length 1-1 j/a line. 



Head very closely and rather finely punctured throughout, 

 the vertex finely strigose, labrum and palpi fulvous, antennae 

 extending to the base of the thorax, fulvous, the terminal five 

 joints strongly transverse, sometimes black, thorax comparatively 

 long, widened at the middle and rounded at the sides, trans- 

 versely depressed near the anterior margin, the entire surface 

 densely and evenly punctured, the interstices near the posterior 

 angles slightly transversely strigose, sparingly pubescent, scutel- 

 lum broad, pentagonal, sparingly punctured and pubescent; 

 elytra much broader than the thorax, more finely punctured, the 

 shoulders prominent, the punctures irregularly and closely 

 placed at the anterior portion, arranged in double rows near the 

 apex, the interstices clothed with short silvery pubescence 

 arranged in rows, underside also densely and finely punctured 

 and pubescent, legs fulvous, ail the femora armed with a strong 

 tooth, the anterior femora sometimes stained with aeneous. 



Hab. Kanara, Belgaum, S. Bombay. 



Of this species many spécimens are contained in this collection 

 and although they show a great deal of variation in regard to 

 size and also partly in the shape of the thorax I am not able to 

 separate them satisfactorily as too many intermediate stages are 

 before me; in the maie insect, the thorax is strongly rounded and 

 widened at the middle and has a shallow transverse sulcus near 

 the anterior margin, but in other spécimens which probably are 

 the other sex the thorax is of nearly equal width and without a 

 dépression, but thèse spécimens do not diiFer in any other way; 

 P, longicollis Baly of which I bave compared the type has a 

 much longer thorax as its name implies. 



Corynodes Andrewesi n. sp. 



Violaceous-blue, head and thorax coarsel^ and subremotely punc- 

 tured, subocular sulcus shallow, thorax widened at middle, elytra 

 scarcely depressed below the base, finely punctate-striate, claws 

 bifid. 



Length 3 1/2-4 lines. 



Head not swollen at the vertex, coarsely but not very closely 

 punctured, the clypeus slightly scparated from the face by three 

 smooth small tubercles slightly rugose, supraocular suici narrower 

 aod less deep than in the majority of species, antennae with a broad 



