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golden cupreous ; antennae black, basal joints more or less 

 fulvous. Thorax verv deeply and closely punctured, banded 

 alternately with purple and gold. Elytra sculptured like the 

 thorax, punctures somewhat more regularly placed, but similar 

 in pattern to those on the thorax. 



$ . Less bright in colour ; elytral interstices longitudinally 

 costate, intervals geminate punctate ; pubescence rather more 

 marked. 



Length 6-8 mm. 



Hob. Bengal ; Mysore. 



A handsome species and apparently not an uncommon one. 

 Chapuis only knew the male it seems, and his diagnosis scarcely 

 gives sufficient clue to its determination. 



Group ADOXINI. 



Body subcylindrical, subelongate, clothed with fine hairs or 

 scales : head deeply inserted ; eyes entire ; antennae subfiliform, 

 terminal joints gradually widened. Thorax without lateral 

 margins. Elytra wider at base than the thorax. Legs mode- 

 rately long ; tibiae not emarginate near the apex ; claws bifid. 

 Prosternum broader than long ; anterior margin of thoracic 

 episternum strongly convex. Two genera are placed in the 

 group, only one of which is found in India. 



Genus BROMIODES. 

 Broniiodes, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxix, 1895, p. 286. 



Type, E. indicus, Jac. 



Range. India. 



Subcylindrical, . non-metallic, closely covered with adpressed 

 scales ; antennae short, apical joints thickened. Thorax sub- 

 cylindrical without distinct lateral margins. Femora not dentate; 

 tibiae entire ; claws bifid- Prosternum subquadrate, broader than 

 long ; anterior margin of thoracic episternum strongly convex. 



Differs from the genus Adoxus of Europe as follows : Shape 

 subcylindrical ; scales which cover the whole upper surface, ob- 

 scuring any puncturation, much more dense. 



807. Bromiodes indicus, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bdy. xxxix, 1895, 

 p. 287. 



Entirely covered with greyish scales ; antennae and legs dark 

 fulvous ; thorax with whitish central line ; elytra variegated with 

 whitish spots or entirely greyish-white. 



Head convex, very broad, with more or less distinct central 

 groove ; eyes widely separated ; anterior margin of clypeus nearly 

 straight ; Jabrum fulvous ; antennae fulvous, scarcely extending 

 beyond base of thorax, terminal live joints thickened, slightly 

 longer than broad. Thorax about half as broad ngain as long, 



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