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impressed transversely on the suture below the base ; surfoce 

 smooth and shining, each elytron with eleven regular rows of 

 punctures (the first abbreviated), puncturing rather finer towards 

 the apex ; interstices each with a row of finer impressions, placed 

 nearly equidistant between the striae ; deep shming blue ; on each 

 elytron is a large bright yellow patch, which extends longitudinally 

 from the base to beyond the middle, and transversely from the 

 outer margin nearly to the suture, its inner edge being deeply 

 emarginate. Beneath dark shining blue ; legs moderately robust, 

 thighs slightly thickened, the hinder pair shorter than the abdomen ; 

 this latter with a double row of patches of adpressed white hairs. 

 Hab. Northern India. 



Cr'ioceris Jla v'lpen n is. 



Oblongo-elongata, convexa, nitido-cyanea ; antennis gracilibus, 

 longitudine corporis vix brevioribus ; thorace sub-quadrato, 

 lateribus medio valde constricto ; elytris thorace multo latiori- 

 bus, oblongis, tenuiter irregulariter seriatim punctatis, flavis. 



Long. 6| lin. 



Oblong-elongate, convex, shining metallic blue ; elytra pale- 

 yellow. Head smooth, constricted behind the eyes, posterior 

 portion of neck obliquely strigose ; face elongate, front impressed 

 in the centre with a deep oblong fovea ; antennae slender, filiform, 

 nearly equal in length to the body, third and fourth joints nearly 

 equal. Thorax slightly broader than long, sub-cylindrical, deeply 

 constricted at the middle of the sides ; above smooth and shining, 

 obliquely impressed on either side near the base, posterior half of 

 disc longitudinally grooved. Scutellum sub-triangular, smooth 

 and shining. Elytra much broader than the thorax, oblong, 

 convex above ; pale shining yellow, their surface minutely punc- 

 tured, puncturing irregularly arranged in striae on the disc, con- 

 fused near the outer border. Legs slender, elongate. 



Hab. Northern India. 



Cnoccns Bahcwellii. 



Oblonga, convexa, rufo-fulva, nitida ; antennis (articulo basali 

 excepto), tibiis, tarsis, elytrorumque plaga magnd coramuni, 

 nigris. 



Long. S\ lin. 



Oblong, convex, shining rufo-fulvous ; antennae (their basal 



