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constricted. Elytra finely punctured, pale yellow ; puncturing 

 irregularly arranged in striae, confused near the outer border. 



Oblong -elongate. Head smooth, posterior portion of neck 

 obliquely strigose ; face elongate, with a deep central fovea ; 

 antennae slender, nearly equal to the body in length, third and 

 fourth joints nearly equal. Thorax slightly broader than long, 

 above smooth, obliquely impressed on either side near the base ; 

 posterior half of disc longitudinally grooved. Scutellum smooth. 

 Elytra convex, their surface minutely punctured. Legs elongate, 

 slender. 



Length 13 inru. 



Hub. Northern India. 



A very large species and easily distinguished by its coloration 

 and size. 



148. Crioceris semicostata, sp. n. 



Metallic blue ; antennae black ; elytra flavous. 



Head impunctate, metallic violaceous blue, the vertex with a 

 deep elongate pear-shaped sulcus ; eyes entire, the space behind 

 strongly constricted ; antenna^ long and slender, pubescent, 

 the third joint slightly shorter than the fourth, the following 

 joints elongate but robust. Thorax very slightly constricted near 

 the base, the anterior angles not prominent, the middle with a 

 transverse sulcus, very distinct at the sides, entirely obsolete in the 

 middle ; surface impunctate, the basal margin thickened and sinuate. 

 Scutellum black, very small and elongate. Elytra convex, without 

 any depression, regularly and moderately strongly punctured, 

 the puncturation very fine towards the apex, the interstices 

 slightly convex. Legs and tarsi robust and the body beneath 

 dark blue. 



Length 9 mm. 



Hob. Manipur. Type in Brit. Mus. 



Of similar coloration to C. flavipennis, Baly, but a very distinct 

 species, of half the size, the anterior portion of the thorax not 

 produced, the elvtral puncturation much stronger and regular and 

 the interstices slightly raised longitudinally. 



149. Crioceris pulchella, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. (2) v, 1859, p. 15-2. 



Metallic blue ; elytra rufous. 



Elongate, convex, shining metallic blue. Head deeply constricted 

 behind the eyes ; forehead longitudinally grooved ; antenna) more 

 than two-thirds the length of the body, filiform, moderately 

 robust, third joint scarcely longer than the fourth. Thorax sub- 

 quadrate, subcylindrical, sides deeply constricted at their middle, 

 armed near the apex with an obtuse tubercle ; above smooth, 

 impunctate, apex narrowly margined ; immediately behind the 

 middle is a deep transverse groove that terminates laterally in the 



