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six-jointed club, purplish, the lower joints nearly black, shining, 

 basai joint bluish ; thorax about one half broader than long, subqua- 

 drate, thesidesrounded and widenedat themiddle, the dise sparingly 

 and deeply punctured, the punctures nearly absent at the base and 

 at the sides, the angles not prominent, scutelliim not longer than 

 broad, impunctate ; elytra scarcely perceptibly depressed below 

 the base, finely and evenly punctured in rows, not very closely 

 approached, underside very sparingly pubescent. 



Hab. Kanara, S. Bombay. 



The distinctive characters of the présent species are the sculp- 

 ture of the head with the shallow ocular sùlci and the shape of the 

 thorax, which approaches that of a Chrysoclms, the six jointed 

 club of the antennse and the distinctly bifid claws further distin- 

 guish C. Andretvesi. 



Paria Lefevrei n. sp. 



Fulvous, the terminal joints of the antennse and the breast 

 black, thorax finely and sparingly punctured with two black 

 vittse, elytra distinctly punctate-striate fulvous, the suture ante- 

 riorly, the latéral margins, a spot at the base and another below 

 the middle, black. 



Var. a. Below entirely fulvous. 



Var. b. Thorax with two smal spots, elytra with basai spots 

 only. 



Var. c. Entirely fulvous without spots. 



Var. d. Thorax and elytra black or the former fulvous only. 



Length 1-1 1/4 line. 



Head entirely impunctate, with a deep sulcus above the eyes, 

 clypeus broader than long, separated from the face by an obsolète 

 transverse groove, impunctate, antennse with the terminal joints 

 slightly thickened; thorax about one half broader than long, 

 subcyiindrical, the sides very slightly rounded, the dise sparingly 

 punctured at the middle, the sides nenrly impunctate, fulvous 

 with two narrow longitudinal short stripes from the middle of 

 the anterior margin not extending to the base, the stripes hâve a 

 slight outwards direction and vary in size and length being some- 

 times reduced to two small spots only; elytra subcyiindrical, 

 scarcely depressed below the base, strongly punctate-striate ante- 

 riorly, very finely so towards the middle, the apex entirely 

 impunctate, the suturai and latéral margin, an elongate spot at 

 the middle of the basai margin extending to one fourth the length 

 of the elytra and a roundish spot immediately below the middle, 

 placed in a line with the first, black; underside fulvous, the 



