TETBAOMMATUS. 101 



very short ; front coxae contiguous, their acetabula angulate out- 

 wards and open posteriorly ; middle coxae almost contiguous. 

 Femora rather long, pedunculate and somewhat curved at the base, 

 fusiform and compressed in their distal half. Tarsi long and 

 narrow ; the first joint of the middle and hind pairs almost or 

 quite as long as the remaining three united ; cleft of the third 

 joint extends less than halfway to the base. 



I. Prothorax unarmed at the sides. 



92. Tetraommatus filiformis, Perroud, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon (2) ii, 



p. 391 (1855). 



Narrow and elongate, slightly compressed dorso-ventrally, very 

 sparsely pubescent ; prothorax reddish-brown ; elytra brownish to 

 testaceous ; antennae and legs yellow. 



c? . Antennae one-fifth longer than the body ; third, fourth, and 

 fifth joints subequal, each nearly twice as long as the first ; sixth 

 to eleventh successively shorter ; 

 second twice as long as broad. 

 Prothorax almost twice as long 

 as broad, subcylindrical, slightly 

 widened between the middle and 

 the base, abruptly but not deeply 

 constricted at the base; upper 

 surface finely and very closely 

 punctulate and dull, but with 

 a narrow, subnitid, slightly de- 

 pressed, transversely striated band 

 F i(r . ^-Tetraommatus filiformis, corresponding to the lateral con- 

 Perroud. x f . striction at the base ; from the 



clearly defined front edge of this 



baud three faint smooth lines one median and two lateral run 

 forward along the disc, and beyond the lateral lines, nearer 

 to the front margin, are two small narrow smooth spaces. 

 Elytra about 21 times as long as the prothorax, closely and rather 

 strongly punctured, separately rounded at the apex. Femora 

 pedunculate at the base, fusiform and laterlly compressed towards 

 the apex. 



$ . Antennae scarcely longer than the body ; prothorax only 

 one-third longer than broad, finely and not very closely granulate 

 above, subnitid between the granules ; elytra more than three 

 times as long as the prothorax. 

 Length 5-10 ; breadth 1-1| mm. 

 Hab. S. India : Pondicherry ; Ceylon. 



93. Tetraommatus muticus, Pascoe (Deuteromma), Trans. Ent. Soc. 



(2) v, p. 25 (1858). 



Head, prothorax and underside testaceous red ; antennae and 

 elytra testaceous yellow, the latter a little paler at the shoulders 



