130 PJnjtopltaga Malaijana. 



B. Club of antennae six-jointed, claws bifid. 



Z5. Corynodes bifascialus, Oliv. 



Eumolpifs bifasciatus, Oliv. Entom vi. 900, pi. i. fig. 5. 

 Cryptocepltalus undotiis, Oliv. Encycl. Mctli. vi. CI 4. 

 EumoJpus Grondalii, Swartz, in Schonh. Syn. Ins. i. pt. 2, 9,35. 



Elongatus aut subelongatus, convexus, laete purpureus, nitidus ; 

 thorace subconico, profunda subremote punctato ; elytiis 

 subseriatim punctatis, rufo-aureis, utrisque apice, limbo in- 

 flexo, fasciaque lata ante medium posiia, utrinque abbreviata, 

 extrorsum postice ampliata, purpureis ; antennis clavd late 

 dilatata, nigro-purpurea. 



Var. A. Elytris viridi-aeneis, signis ut in typo. 



Var. B. Elytris metallico-olivaccis, signis cyaneis. 



Var. C. Elytrorum fascia postice non ampliata, antice ad hu- 

 iTienim producta, callum bumerale complectenie, maculain 

 parvam rufo-auream includente. 



Corynodes Jlosculus, AJarsh. Journ. Lin. Soc. Zool. viii, 

 p. 37. 



Var. D. Viridi-cyaneus, elytris minus fortiter punctatis, rufo- 

 aureis, utrisque sutura basi, apice, plagaque magna subcruci- 

 formi ante medium posita, cyaneis. 



Long. 5—5\ lin. 



Hab. Malacca, Siam, China. Var. A, B, and C, Siam. 

 Var. D, Pulo-Penanij. 



Head very coarsely and irregularly punctured, more or less 

 broadly impressed longitudinally on the front, which is continuous 

 with the encarpae and apex of epistome, excavated on either side 

 at the apex of the latter ; surface of encarpae irregular, deeply 

 punctured ; epistome semiovate, somewhat variable in width, 

 rather more finely punctured than the front ; antennae more than 

 half the length of the body, six outer joints broadly dilated, the 

 sixth to the ninth gradually increasing in width, the fourth and 

 fifth slightly compressed, the latter subtrigonate. Thorax sub- 

 conic, sides nearly straight and converging forwards, more 

 quickly at the extreme apex ; surface very deeply and irregularly 

 punctured. Elytra without transverse depression at the ba^e, 

 punctured in a similar manner to C. peregrimis (post, p. 132); 

 the coloration usually constant, occasionally varying ; the apical 

 patch, which occupies nearly the hinder third of the elytron, and 



