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Mas.—Antennarum articulis 24° ad 7™"™ brevissimis, 8° elon- 
gato, valde incrassato, 9"° difformi, extus valde emarginato, 
ceteris filiformibus, duobus ultimis nigris. 
Foem.—Antennis filiformibus. 
Long. 6 lin, 
Hab. Northern India. 
The male of this species may at once be known from the same 
sex of the preceding insect by the eighth joint of its antenne 
being the most swollen (instead of the ninth), the apex of this 
joint being obtuse and without the slightest trace of lobe or pro- 
cess; the ninth joint, however, is also dilated and compressed, and 
has its outer edge deeply notched; the three terminal joints are 
longer, rather more slender, and of equal thickness throughout ; 
front smooth, impressed with a large deep fovea. Thorax rather 
broader, sides dilated in front as in 4. lobicornis ; upper surface 
smooth and shining, impunctate, impressed behind the middle 
with three deep fovez, two transverse, placed one on either side, 
are the remains of the transverse sulcation found in the former 
species; the third, shallower and less distinct, is placed in the mid- 
dle, rather behind the two others, just in front of the basal 
margin. Elytra sulcate at their base and with the transverse late- 
ral excavation as in A. lobicornis; in addition, a broad suleation ex- 
tends nearly the whole length of the elytron just within the 
lateral border. In the 2 the antenne are filiform, very slightly 
tapering to the apex: second joint short; third, fourth and fifth 
each about the length of the first; sixth to the eighth each rather 
shorter, equal; ninth about equal to the first and second; tenth 
and eleventh gradually increasing in length ; these three last joints 
rather less robust than the preceding. 
Genus Caromera, Erichs. 
Ceelomera Batesii. 
Lete metallico-cerulea aut purpurea, viridi vix tincta, subtus 
pube adpressa fulva dense vestita; antennis nigris; thorace 
elytrisque crebre punctatis et pube brevissima indutis, his 
é valde, 2 modice ampliatis, fascia lata fulva prope medium 
posita ornatis. 
Long. 9 lin. 
Hab. Upper Amazons. 
This species is very closely allied to C. equestris, Fab.; the 
latter insect is bright metallic green on the upper surface of the 
body, its elytra being at the same time more closely and coarsely 
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