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broad, only slightly constricted at the middle, the anterior 

 portion rounded and slightly prominent ; the surface rather flat, 

 impunctate and not or scarcely perceptibly sulcate near the base ; 

 lateral cavities rather deep, bounded by a blunt ridge above. 

 Scutellum narrowly elongate. Elytra very elongate and parallel, 

 without any basal depression, finely and remotely punctured at 

 the base, the punctures gradually disappearing from the middle 

 downwards, the sutural margin from the middle and the lateral 

 margins throughout strongly thickened. Breast and the anterior 

 segments of the abdomen black, the posterior segments and the 

 legs fulvous. 



Length 9 mm. 



Hob. India. 



An easily distinguished species on account of the more than 

 usually long and slender antennae, fine and sparing elytral 

 puucturatiou and black underside. 



144. Crioceris inconspicua, Clark, App. Cat. Phytoph. 1866, p. 68. 



Dark brown ; antenna?, sides of breast and abdomen black. 



Head with a short central groove between the eyes, this area 

 slightly raised, marked by one or tAvo punctures ; eyes deeply 

 notched ; antennae rather long, third and fourth joints short, 

 subquadrately widened, the following joints about twice as long, 

 gradually dilated. Thorax of the same shape as the preceding 

 species, obsoletely sulcate anteriorly at the sides only, the basal 

 sulcus very shallow and placed at some distance from the base, 

 the surface with a few punctures near the anterior angles. 

 Scutellum black, broadly subtriangular. Elytra parallel, with a 

 very shallow depression below the base, this portion as usual 

 more strongly punctured than the rest of the surface, the latter 

 dark brown, all the punctures piceous. Body beneath black, 

 closely covered with yellow pubescence ; middle of the breast and 

 the legs fulvous. 



Length 6| mm. 



Hah. India. 



145. Crioceris semihirsuta, sp. n. 



Obscure fulvous ; beneath densely covered with yellowish 

 pubescence ; above testaceous : antennae and legs piceous ; thorax 

 fulvous, the base flavous. 



Subcylindi-ical and parallel-sided. The head fulvous ; the vertex 

 remotely punctured, rather convex, obsoletely grooved at the 

 middle ; emargination of the eyes clothed with yellow pubescence ; 

 lower portion of face sparingly pubescent ; antennae extended to 

 the base of the elytra, the third and fourth joints equal, trans- 

 versely subquadrate, the following joints moderately widened 

 and of equal width, distinctly longer than broad. Thorax about 

 as long as broad, very moderately constricted at the sides, the 



