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Chhenius djaina, Muindr., Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1899, p. 251. 



This species was described by Maindron from a ? example 

 taken by him at Karachi and two examples taken by Gardon 

 in Chota Nagpur. Mr. Guy Babault has kindly sent me one 

 of the latter, which also proves to be a ? . I have compared 

 this with a specimen in the Pusa Collection from Chapra, 

 Bengal (Mackenzie), which is evidently a <$ of the same 

 species. 



Maindron quite rightly put it in the neighbourhood of 

 C. orbicollis, Chaud. In dealing in his Monograph with this 

 little group, for which he retained Lafertd's name of Ocybatus, 

 Chaudoir (p. 37) describes the palpi, which are of unusual 

 form ; he only knew the $ , however, in one species, viz., 

 C. deyrollei, Laf. The <$ palpi in C. djaina I find to be 

 exactly as described by Chaudoir, but in the ? the apical 

 joint of the labials is quite half as long again as wide. 



Maindron says that the pubescence is " rare," but in the 

 example from Chota Nagpur it has evidently been rubbed 

 off; in the Chapra example it is camparativcly dense and 

 quite well marked on the prothorax. 



Chhenius kanarce, <J ? . 



Length 14 mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Black. Head metallic green, prothorax dull copper-red on 

 di-sk, greenish at sides, blue at extreme margin, elytra aeneous- 

 bh.ck, interval 9 faintly blue; femora, tibiae, and base of 

 antennae testaceous; rest of antennae, labium, palpi (tips 

 lighter), trochanters, and tarsi reddish ; a yellowish apical 

 spot on each elytron. Prothorax and elytra finely pubescent. 



Head small, ve:y finely rugose, with a few small punctures ; 

 eyes prominent, antennae slender, joint 3 almost glabrous, 

 very slightly shorter than 4. 



Prothorax convex, half as wide again as head, length to 

 width as 3 to 4, more narrowed in front than behind, widest 

 behind middle, sides rather explanate, hind angles obtuse 

 and rounded, surface coarsely punctate, more sparsely towards 

 front angles. 



Elytra nearly parallel, one-fourth as wide again as pro- 

 thorax, and three times as long ; border rounded at shoulder, 

 punctate-striate, intervals flat, finely aciculate ; yellow spot 

 near apex from middle of interval 3 to stria 9, the colour 

 extending a little forward on intervals 5 and 6 and backwards 

 on 6-8. 



Underside shiny, iridescent, prostenial process bordered 



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