COLASPOSOMA.. 455 



793. Colasposoma aureovittatum, Bah/, Descrint. new gen. Sc sp. 



Phytoph. 1864, p. 14. 



Metallic green ; basal joints of antennae fulvous ; thorax with a 

 transverse cupreous band ; elytra with a broad longitudinal band 

 near suture and another near margins, aureo-cupreous. 



d . Head closely and rather strongly punctured ; labrum ful- 

 vous ; antennae filiform, terminal joints not thickened, basal joint 

 metallic green, third and fourth equal. Thorax quite twice as 

 broad as long, sides rounded, surface strongly convex, crowded 

 with oblong deep punctures evenly distributed. Elytra oblong, 

 very closely and rather irregularly punctured, punctures fine near 

 suture, strong and more regularly arranged in rows at the sides, 

 base with a very feeble depression below shoulders. 



2 . Thorax more narrowed in front ; elytra with deep trans- 

 verse lateral depressions at base, sides strongly transversely rugose 

 to behind the middle. 



Lenc/th 5^-6 mm. 



Hob. India; Assam, 



Closely allied in coloration to C. ornatum, Jac., but the elytra 

 are more strongly punctured and rugose, and the longitudinal 

 bands are cupreous instead of purplish. 



794. Colasposoma versicolor, Lefev. Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1887, 



p. clxxiv. 

 Colasposoma bifasciatum, Jac. Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg, vii, 1900, 



Above metallic green, elytra with a narrow reddish-cupreous 

 longitudinal band ; beneath obscure greenish-aeneous ; antennae 

 and legs fulvous, knees metallic aeneous. 



d . Head closely and finely punctured, without strigae ; clypeus 

 obsoletely separated from face, punctured like the head ; labrum 

 fulvous ; antennae slender, third and following joints very elongate, 

 nearly equal, basal five fulvous, rest black. Thorax twice as 

 broad as long, convex, sides rather strongly rounded near base, 

 slightly narrowed towards apex, surface with similar punctura- 

 tion to that on the head, but with a narrow central smooth line. 

 Elytra not wider at base than the thorax, strongly and closely 

 punctured, base with a scarcely perceptible depression, interstices 

 closely transversely rugose at the sides extending across disc nearly 

 to the middle, punctures arranged in somewhat regular rows near 

 the suture ; a cupreous longitudinal band extends from base to 

 within a short distance of the apex, this band gradually narrows 

 and approaches towards the suture near the apex. Abdomen 

 obscure cupreous ; tarsi fuscous. 



$ . Thorax less strongly transverse, only feebly convex, sides 

 more distinctly narrowed in front ; tibiae not dilated at apex ; legs 

 more or less aeneous. 



Lengtli 5-6 mm. 



Hob. Southern India : Madura ; Nilgiris. 



