COPTOCEPHALA. 175 



Principally distinguished by the strong development of the 

 head in the male, the structure of the clypeus, the short thorax 

 and elongate legs. The female differs in the much smaller, more 

 elongate head, the short mandibles and the anteriorly narrowed 

 thorax. 



300. Coptocephala dimidiatipennis, Baly, Cist. Ent. ii, 1880, p. 371. 



Flavous ; body beneath, the head and the inflexed margin of the 

 elytra with fulvous pubescence ; elytra black, the base to near 

 the middle flavous. 



Head clothed with long erect hairs, minutely punctured; 

 clypeus not separated from face, anterior margin angulate-emur- 

 ginate ; apex of mandibles black ; antennae equal in length to the 

 head and thorax, basal joint thickened, pyriform, second also 

 thickened, short, third small, not longer than the second, fourth 

 trigonal, scarcely longer than the third, the rest dilated, trans- 

 versely trigonal, tenth and eleventh ovate. Thorax nearly three 

 times as broad as long, sides obtusely rounded, slightly convergent 

 in front, posterior angles rounded, anterior very obtuse, basal 

 margin sinuate on either side of the median lobe, the latter 

 obtusely rounded ; upper surface transversely convex, remotely and 

 very minutely punctured, a concave transverse space on and 

 immediately in front of the basal lobe coarsely and closely 

 punctured. Scutellum longer than broad. Elytra scarcely broader 

 than the thorax at base, slightly dilated posteriorly, rather 

 distantly and finely punctured. Body beneath and legs clothed 

 with long erect fulvous hairs. 



Length 6-7 mm. 



Hob. India : Punjab ; Jhelum Valley ; Assam. 



301 . Coptocephala minuta, sp. n. 



cJ. Fulvous; terminal joints of antennae fuscous, elytra and 

 legs pale fulvous. Head broader than long, with a feeble tri- 

 angular groove between eyes, the latter widely separated, rather 

 small, surface of head with a few fine punctures ; clypeus separated 

 by a faint transverse groove from face, its anterior margin trun- 

 cate ; antennas with basal four joints flavous, rest darker. Thorax 

 impuuctate, fulvous. Elytra flavous, rather closely and distinctly 

 punctured, extreme apex nearly impunctate ; covering the 

 pygidium. 



Length 3 mm. 



Uab. Bengal; Western India : Belgaum (Coll. If. E. Andrewes). 



A very small species with a broad head and truncate anterior 

 edge to the clypeus. The thorax is nearly three times broader 

 than long with rounded posterior angles, the anterior legs are 

 more elongate than the others. 



