PSEUDOCOLASPIS. 467 



Thorax subglobose, often depressed anteriorly, without distinct 

 lateral margins. Scutellum subquadrate with a more or less pointed 

 apex. Elytra with prominent shoulders, often depressed, pubes- 

 cence frequently arranged in rows. Prosternum oblong, dilated 

 posteriorly, base truncate ; anterior margin of thoracic episternum 

 convex. Legs robust, femora thickened, furnished with an 

 acute tooth beneath ; tibiae not emarginate at apex, channelled ; 

 claws bifid. 



808. Pseudocolaspis longicollis, Baly, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xiv, 

 1877, p. 259 ; Lefev. Cat. Eumolp. 1885, p. 86. 



Cupreous or metallic green ; tibiae, tarsi and antennae piceous. 



Head coarsely punctured, vertex rugulose-strigose, front with 

 longitudinal groove; anterior margin of clypeus concave ; antennae 

 as long as the thorax, terminal six joints pale rufo-piceous, forming 

 an elongate club, seventh obconic and slightly compressed. Thorax 

 about a quarter as long again as broad, sides rounded, widened at 

 the middle ; surface convex at base, thence subconic to apex, 

 clothed with adpressed griseous hairs, deeply impressed with large 



Fig. 161. Pseudocolaspis longicollis. 



round punctures. Scutellum not longer than broad, coarsely 

 punctured. Elytra narrowed from base to apex, above convex, 

 transversely excavated below basilar area ; humeral callus strongly 

 elevated, compressed ; surface clothed with stout, suberect, griseous 

 hairs, rather strongly punctured, punctures finer towards apex, 

 arranged in ill-defined longitudinal rows, interstices just below 

 base rugulose. Femora with a stout spine. 



Length 3-4 mm. 



Hob. Bengal: Mandar; Southern India 



