COLASPOSOMA. 441 



c? . Head finely and rather remotely punctured, depressed 

 between the eyes ; clypeus separated by a traiisverse groove, 

 finely punctured ; antennae fuscous, terminal joints slightly darker, 

 third and fourth elongate, equal, fifth and sixth much shorter, 

 the following joints more elongate and slightly thickened. Thorax 

 twice as broad as long, sides rounded, narrowed anteriorly ; surface 

 convex, slightly depressed near the anterior margin, punctured like 

 the head, the punctures evenly distributed. Scutelluin with a few 

 fine punctures. Elytra rather elongate and somewhat narrower 

 than the thorax, sutural portion remotely and finely punctured 

 in rows, ; sides transversely wrinkled from base to behind the 

 middle, with a rather distinct depression below the shoulders. 



$ . Antennae longer, third, fourth and fifth joints elongate, 

 following joints shorter. Thorax less convex, more transverse 

 and more distinctly narrowed in front, sides with some fine grey 

 pubescence. 



Length 5-6 mm. 



Hob. Southern India : oVilgiris ; Ceylon. 



Principally distinguished by the pale legs with metallic knees. 

 The male organ is very slender, strongly curved and pointed, 

 upper surface very deeply longitudinally sulcate, bounded at base 

 by the truncate edge of the non-sulcate portion. 0. yeniculatum, 

 Jac. has strongly punctured thorax and elytra, the male organ is 

 quite different. C. versicolor, Lefev. has dark terminal joints of 

 antennae, aciculate punctures and black tarsi. A little pubescence 

 at sides of thorax is present iu well-preserved specimens. 



771. Colasposoma laticolle, Jac. Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg. vii, 1900, 

 p. 115. 



Dark cupreous ; antennae and legs fulvous or with aeneous 

 gloss; beneath piceous with a metallic appearance. 



d . Head closely and strongly punctured throughout ; the 

 clypeus separated from the face by an obsolete triangular de- 

 pression, its surface punctured like the head but the interstices 

 longitudinally strigose ; labrum piceous ; antennae pale fulvous, 

 extending to the middle of the elytra. Thorax nearly three times 

 as broad as long, very convex, its sides strongly rounded, the 

 angles distinct but not produced ; the surface very closely and 

 strongly punctured, the punctures evenly distributed, not stronger 

 at the sides than in the middle, the latter with a narrow short 

 smooth raised line, the space behind the anterior margin trans- 

 versely depressed. Scutellum distinctly and rather closely punc- 

 tured. Elytra not widened posteriorly, the shoulders prominent, 

 the puncturation rather stronger than that of the thorax and 

 arranged in somewhat regular closely approximate rows ; a very 

 narrow and not strongly raised costa extends from the shoulders 

 to behind the middle, the sides with a rather strongly deflexed 

 lateral margin. Legs robust, obscure fulvous, with a more or less 

 metallic green gloss ; the anterior tibiae slightly curved, strongly 



