382 Mr. J. S. Baly ow Hispidce. 



2. Chceridiona picea. 



Anguste oblonga, convexa, picea, nitida, pedibus 

 fulvis ; thorace subcylindrico, rude punctato, disco irre- 

 gulariter excavate; elytris thorace latioribus, fere paral- 

 lelisj'^angulo postico acuto, profunde seriatim foveolatis, 

 vittis elevatis interruptis cretisque longitudinalibus, hie 

 illic inter se connexis, instructis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. — India. 



Head coarsely punctured, produced anteriorly in the 

 same manner as in C. metallica. Thorax subcylindrical, 

 subquadrate, sides more broadly margined than in the 

 former species, lateral borders straight and parallel, 

 slightly sinuate behind the middle, armed just in front 

 of the base with a minute tooth ; anterior angles notched, 

 produced anteriorly into a short tooth; upper surface 

 coarsely rugose-punctate, deeply excavated on the disc. 

 Elytra furnished each with four strongly-raised costae 

 which from being much more interrupted than in S. me- 

 tallica, are more difficult to trace; thus the first costa 

 is to be seen just below the base, again at the middle of 

 the elytron (where it stands a little out of the line, and is 

 connected by short transverse ridges above to the third 

 and below to the second costa) , thirdly, half-way between 

 the middle and apex, and lastly, at the apex itself; the 

 second is visible at the base, below the middle, and again 

 a short distance before reaching the apex; the third, 

 which commences on the humeral callus, is entire nearly 

 to the middle of its course (where it is connected, as 

 above stated, by a short oblique branch to the first costa) , 

 then interrupted it again appears half-way between the 

 middle and apex ; lastly, the fourth costa, which is nearly 

 entii'e, is interrupted some distance below the middle of 

 the elytron, but just below appears again, and forms a 

 short oblique ridge, which runs inwards as far as, but a 

 little below, the termination of the third costa. 



