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thorax Lwice as broad as long, the sides strongly rounded, Ihe 

 angles obtuse, the surface impunctate, flavous, very obsoletely 

 depressed near the base, scutellum black, elytra extremely minutely 

 punctured, black, shining, breast and legs black, abdomen flavous. 



Hab. Anamalais. May. 



Allied to P. violaceipennis Jac. but larger, the elytra and legs 

 difïerently coloured; the thoraclc sulcus is only just visible when 

 the insect is viewed sideways, the posterior femora are moderately 

 thickened. 



CH^TOCNEMA BELLI sp. n. 



Dark greenish seneous, the basai joints of the antennae and the 

 legs flavous, posterior femora piceous, thorax extremely closely 

 punctured, elytra very strongly punctate-striate, the short suturai 

 row of punctures irregular, no impressed line at base of thorax. 



Length 2 mil). 



Of rather elongate, posteriorly pointed shape, the head finely and 

 rather closely punctured, with very narrow oblique supra-ocular 

 grooves, antennse scarcely extending to the middle of the elytra, 

 siender, flavous, apical joints darker, second and third joint equal, 

 the following joints scarcely longer; thorax about twice as broad as 

 long, the latéral margins straight, tlie surface crowded with fine 

 punctures at the sides, the middle of the dise less closely punctured, 

 the basai margin not impressed with a groove, scutellum small, 

 triangular, greenish, elytra elongate, subcylindrical, slightly 

 widened at the middle, the base not depressed, the punctures twice 

 as large as those of the thorax, the short suturai row with some 

 extra punctures Irregularly placed, the interstices (with the excep- 

 tion of the outer two, which are costate) flat and impunctate, breast 

 and abdomen finely punctured. 



Khandesh (T.-R. Bell), 



Larger than C. Bretmghami Baly, C. concinnipennis Baly and others, 

 of more elongate and pointed shape with the punctures at the sides 

 of the thorax touching each other and those of the elytra strong. 



PANILURUS gen. n. 



Oblong-ovate, glabrous, metallic, antennee rather widely separa- 

 ted, the joints short, the terminal ones gradually thickened, frontal 

 élévations absent, thorax short, transverse, the sides straight, the 

 posterior margin rounded, elytra semi-regularly punctured, theirepi- 

 pleurse concave, continued, posterior femora moderately thickened, 

 tibias not chanelled, the anterior and intermediate ones unarmed, 



