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blés that of a Oorynodes but must find its place in the Endoce" 

 phalinx as the head shows no trace of a sulcus round the eyes 

 and the claws are broadly appendiculate. 



EndocepJialus and Biorus although posessing slightlj dilated 

 terminal joints of the antennae (not strongly, as Lefèvre says in 

 his diagnosis) hâve thèse latter distinctly longer than broad, the 

 reverse is however the case in the présent genus which entirely 

 resembles in that respect Corynodes. 



Hemînodes indicus n. sp. 



Metallic dark blue or green, the head finely pubescent, thorax 

 closely and strongly punctured, elytra with a transverse basai 

 dépression, punctured like the thorax, the punctuation stronger 

 at the sides, shoulders prorainent. 



Length 3-5 Unes. 



Head broad, very closely and rather finely punctured, the vertex 

 at the sides strigose,the surface clothed with short grey pubescence, 

 eyes slightly emarginate, clypeus not separated from the face, its 

 anterior margin deeply concave-emarginate, raandibles robust, 

 black, palpi rather slender, antennae scarcely extending to the 

 middle of the elytra, the first joint more or less metallic, the 

 following three joints fulvous, slender, the terminal five joints 

 purplish, forming a broad club, the joints broader than long, dilated 

 and flattened, pubescent; thorax more than twice as broad as long, 

 the sides strongly deflexed, narrowly margined, the latéral margins 

 rounded, the angles distinct, the surface closely and rather strongly 

 punctured at the sides, more remotely so at the dise, one or two 

 shallow dépressions are visible at the sides, scutellum broader than 

 long, elytra broader at the base than the thorax, transversely 

 depressed below the former, slightly more strongly punctured than 

 the thorax, especially within the dépression with slight traces of 

 longitudinal smooth Unes, the shoulders very prominent and with 

 a short oblique costa running towards the outer margin, elytral 

 epipleurse narrow, continued below the middle, under side clothed 

 with short white pubescence, femora unarmed, tibiae longitudinally 

 sulnate, the first joint of the posterior tarse double the length of the 

 second, claws broadly appendiculate, prosternum narrowed between 

 the coxœ, strongly punctured, much longer than broad. 



Eab, Burmah, Tharawaddy, Taungdé. 



