496 CHEYSOMELIDjE. 



metallic green, these are placed one on either side of the centre 

 of the disc, the two others larger and lateral, extend from the 

 apical nearly to the basal margin. Scutellum minutely punctured. 

 Elytra much broader than the thorax, very convex, transversely 

 grooved below the basilar area ; surface somewhat closely impressed 

 with deep punctures arranged in irregular striae ; each elytron with 

 three metallic green patches the first oblong near the suture, 

 the second on the shoulder covering the humeral callus, the third 

 placed obliquely immediately before the apex ; a broad, sinuate, 

 transverse baud, commencing just behind the middle and extending 

 across the elytron nearly to the suture, its apex curved suddenly 

 backwards ; all these markings narrowly edged with aeneous. 

 Claws appendiculate. 



Length 7-9 mm. 



Hob. Tenasserim ; Siam. 



859. Corynodes mouhoti, aly, Desc. neio gen. fy spec. Phytoph, 1864, 



p. 7. 



Violaceous- blue ; broad and robust. Head strongly and rather 

 closely punctured with a deep longitudinal central groove, middle 

 of front produced into a short lobe ; clypeus separated by a deep 

 fovea on each side, finely rugosely punctured ; antennae with the 

 terminal five joints very broadly dilated. Thorax subconical, 

 broader than long, coarsely and rather closely punctured, flanks 

 smooth. Elytra very faintly depressed below the base, the punc- 

 turation similar to that of C. peregrinus, punctures subgeminate 

 near the suture. Claws appendiculate. 



Length 10-12 mm. 



Hab. Sikhim : Mungphu : Burma : Rangoon ; Siam ; Cambodia. 



This species can only be separated from O. peregrinus by the 

 appendiculate claws. 



860. Corynodes ceylonensis, sp. n. 



Metallic blue ; head, underside and legs green. 

 c? . Head rather finely and remotely punctured, with a shallow 

 central longitudinal groove ; clypeus wedge-shaped, separated by 

 very deep oblique grooves ; antennae extend to about the middle of 

 the elytra, basal six joints metallic blue, rest purplish, broadly 

 flattened, broader than long. Thorax half as broad again as long, 

 subcylindrical, sides nearly straight, surface remotely and finely 

 punctured. Elytra parallel-sided, with a very shallow depression 

 below the base, punctured like the thorax, punctures arranged in 

 close, rather regular rows. Flanks of thorax strigose 011 their 

 lower areas. Claws appendiculate. 



Length 6|-7 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon : Kandy. 



Differs from C. asphodelus in the bright blue colour and green 

 legs and underside, in the nearly straight sides of the thorax and 



