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CRIOCERIS FASGIATIPENNIS sp n. 



Flavous, tlie head, antennœ and legs piceous, thorax impunctate, 

 the base black, elytra flavous, nearly impunctate, a narrow trans- 

 verse band at the middle and a small spot near the apex, black. 



Length 10 mill, 



Ilead piceous, impunctate, pubescent near the eyes, antennae 

 extending below the base of the elytra, the lower seven joints 

 obscure dark fui vous, the others black, second joint very short, third 

 and fourth larger, equal, about as large as the basai joint, the follo- 

 wing joints thickened, slightly longer than broad, thorax subcylin- 

 drical, but slightly constricted at the middle, the anterior angles 

 obtuse and rounded, the base with a transverse obsolète sulcus, the 

 space hehind Ihe latter black, the rest of the surface flavous, entirely 

 impunctate, scutelliim longer than broad, black, elytra subcylin- 

 drical, slightly constricted below the middle, entirely impunctate, 

 with the exception of two or three punctures near the suture below 

 the base, the latter slightly convex, the surface flavous, with a 

 narrow transverse band below the middle, a small spot near the apex 

 and the extrême apical margins black; under side obscure flavous, 

 the abdomen clothed with yellow pubescence, legs piceous, meso- 

 sternum gradually raised, perpendicular. 



Hab. India (collection M. Clavareau and my own). 



Somewhat allied in coloration to C. cruciata Guér. but with an 

 entirely difïerently shaped thorax, the latter with a black band at 

 the base and the elytra with a subapical black spot. 



CRIOCERIS MALABARICA sp. n. 



Dark fulvous, the under side black, thorax with a single row of 

 punctures at the middle, elytra with a dépression below the base, 

 finely and regularly punctate-striate, the punctures stronger within 

 the dépression, the knees more or less fuscous. 



Length 9 mill. 



Head deeply constricted behind the eyes, sparingly punctured at 

 the vertex, eyes very deeply notched, this portion and the space in 

 front, pubescent, latéral grooves very deep, antennae extending to 

 the base of the elytra only, dark fulvous, the terminal joints scar- 

 cely longer than broad, thorax about as long as broad, moderately 

 deeply constricted at the middle, the surface with a few punctures 

 near the anterior margin and a single row at the middle, scutellum 

 narrow, fulvous, elytra with a shallow transverse dépression below 

 the base, reddish fulvous, regularly and finely punctate-striate, 

 except near the shoulders wliere the punctures are absent, the 



