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reach below the base of the elytra, the basal seven joints obscure 

 fulvous, the others black, third and fourth joints equal, each about 

 as large as the basal joint, the following joints thickened, slightly 

 longer than broad. Thorax subcylindrical, slightly constricted at 

 middle, anterior angles obtuse and rounded, the base with an 

 obsolete sulcus ; the space behind the latter black, rest of the sur- 

 face flavous, entirely impunctate. Scutellum black, longer than 

 broad. Elytra impunctate with the exception of two or three 

 punctures near the suture below the base, the latter slightly 

 convex ; the surface flavous with a narrow transverse band below 

 the middle, a small spot near the apex and the extreme apical 

 margins black. Underside obscure flavous ; abdomen clothed 

 with yellow pubescence ; legs piceous ; mesosternum raised, 

 perpendicular. 



Length 10 mm. 



Hab. India {Colls. M. Clavareau and Jacoby). 



Allied in coloration to C. cruciata but with an entirely differ- 

 ently shaped thorax, the latter with a black band at the base and 

 the elytra with a subapical spot. 



156. Crioceris hampsoni, sp. n. 



Flavous ; head and antennae obscure piceous. Elytra testaceous, 

 each elytron with three black spots. 



Head finely punctate near the eyes, fulvous with two piceous 

 lateral stripes ; intraocular space not convex, with a small groove ; 

 lower part of face finely pubescent, fulvous ; antennae short and 

 robust, the basal four joints small, black, the others transversely 

 widened, piceous. Thorax broader than long, the anterior portion 

 subcylindrical, the sides very slightly constricted near the base, 

 the latter with a distinct transverse sulcus placed close to the 

 basal margin ; the disc testaceous, with two rows of fine punctures. 

 Scutellum broader than long, testaceous, margined with piceous. 

 Elytra subcylindrical, very slightly depressed below the base, the 

 puncturation strong and regular, more fine towards the sides and 

 apex, the sutural margins and three small spots on each elytron 

 black ; of these one is placed on the shoulders, the second imme- 

 diately behind the middle, rather nearer to the lateral than to the 

 sutural margin, and the third below the second spot near the 

 apex. Beneath and the legs testaceous, the tarsi stained with 

 piceous at the apex of each joint. 



Length 4| mm. 



Hab. Nilgiris (G. Hampsori). Type in Brit. Mus. 



157. Crioceris nigro-ornata, Clark, Cat. Phytoph. 1866, p. 40. 

 Crioceris nigropicta, Clark, App. Cat. Phytoph. 1806, p. 70. 



Elavous ; head black, rufous between the antenna), the latter 

 black ; elytra flavous, the suture and four spots black ; underside 

 black ; legs flavous, the knees and tarsi black. 



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