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295. Diapromorpha indica, Juc. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvii, 1903, 

 p. 83. 



Black ; tibiae and tarsi obscure fulvous ; elytra fulvous, a 

 transverse black band behind the middle. 



Head finely and closely pubescent between 

 the eyes ; antennae not extending to base of 

 thorax, basal three joints fulvous, fourth 

 and following joints transverse. Thorax sub- 

 cylindrical when seen from above, strongly 

 narrowed anteriorly; sides rounded ; median 

 lobe of basal margin very short and some- 

 what pointed, anterior margin rather strongly 

 advanced at the middle ; surface very 

 minutely punctured. Elytral epipleurae 

 strongly produced at the sides, closely and 

 strongly punctured. Body beneath densely 

 Diapromoi-pha indica. pubescent. Pygidium free. 



Length 6 mm. 

 Hob. Bombay : Kanara. 



Smaller than D. balteata, Lacord. Of exactly similar coloration 

 but separated by the strong and irregular elytral puncturation ; 

 the latter iu D. balteata is arranged in rows and the transverse 

 band is placed higher than in D.^indica. 



Genus CERATOBASIS. 



Ceratobasis, Lacord. Man. Phytoph. ii, 1848. p. 362 ; Chapuis, Gen. 

 Coleopt. x, 1874, p. 129. 



Type, C. nair, Lacord., from India. 



Range. India; Ceylon. 



rf . Most of the characters of Coptocephala, but the head much 

 less broad and trigonal, instead of subquadrate ; the second and 

 third joints of the antennae small, nearly equal. Thorax less 

 strongly transverse, the sides only very feebly rounded. Anterior 

 legs elongate, their tibiae long, slightly curved ; tarsi elongate, first 

 joint as long as the following two united. 



$ . Head, antennae and legs shorter, tarsi less elongate. 



296. Ceratobasis nair, Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 363. 



Flavous ; breast, vertex and two spots on thorax black ; elytra 

 with a subquadrate spot before and another behind the middle, 

 bluish-black. 



<$ . Short and cylindrical. Head smooth, with a broad trans- 

 verse black band on vertex, extending as far as the eyes ; clypeus 

 triangularly emarginate ; labrum piceous ; eyes large, entire ; 

 antennas slightly extending beyond thorax, fuscous, the basal 



