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The species is strikingly similar to M. elegans Dej., but 
the temporal suture, which runs back obliquely behind 
the eye in the African species, is here straight and much 
deeper (though not reaching base of neck); the elytral 
intervals also are more convex. The most noticeable 
difference, however, consists in the presence in elegans of a 
tubercle on the border of the prothorax in the sinuation 
before the hind angles, which in piger is altogether wanting. 
Common throughout India, sometimes taken “ at light.” 
Creagris distacta Wied. Length 10°0 mm. 
Piceous: joint 1 of antennae (rest fuscous), apex of palpi, front 
margin of labrum, a spot on each elytron, and legs testaceous; rest 
of palpi and labrum, and base of ventral surface brown. Body 
shortly pubescent throughout, except labrum, underside of head, 
and proepisterna. 
Head (2:0 mm. wide) shiny, rather flat, sparsely punctate, genae 
short, sharply contracted to neck, clypeus slightly emarginate, 
labrum depressed at sides, sexsetose, the two middle setae at 
extreme apex; mentum with a long and very sharp tooth, which 
is nearly as long as lobes, the tooth with a pair of setae at middle, 
and another pair at base; palpi short, stout, last joint moderately 
dilated and truncate at apex, antennae short, moniliform. Pro- 
thorax transverse (1-75 x 2:25 mm.), rather flat, cordate, base 
slightly produced in middle, a little emarginate at apex, sides 
rounded in front, then sinuate, front angles rounded, hind angles 
right, surface moderately and rather irregularly punctate. L/ytra 
(3-0 x 5:5 mm.) flat, parallel, shoulders very square though rounded, 
truncate at apex, with outer angle of truncature rounded; seven 
well-defined crenulate striae, and a short scutellary striole between 1 
and suture, 8 merged in 9, the whole lateral channel occupied by an 
uninterrupted series of large umbilicate pores, a row of closely placed 
punctures along each side of striae; intervals convex, 7 narrower 
than the others and subcarinate, 8 closely punctate ; testaceous spots 
about middle of elytra, more or less rounded, covering intervals 3—7. 
Much smaller than C. binoculus Bates, colour piceous, legs 
testaceous, antennae shorter and moniliform, genae contracted more 
abruptly to neck, prothorax much less transverse and less closely 
punctate, intervals of elytra more convex, spot rather smaller. 
In addition to the type, I have seen two examples in 
the British Museum and one in the Brussels Museum : 
quite recently Mr. T. G. Sloane sent me two examples 
from Buitenzorg. 
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