502 



c? . Thorax less transverse ; antennse long and slender, terminal 

 joints only slightly thickened, angles of thorax very prominent. 

 Elytra with a deep depression, closely and strongly punctured, 

 with indications of ridges at the sides. Tarsi purplish. 



Length 11 mm. 



Nab. Nepal. 



The thorax less convex than in most other species. C. nitens 

 does not differ from C. lateralis, the types of both of which are 

 contained in the British Museum Collection. 



872. Corynodes obesus, sp. n. 



5 . Metallic cupreous or green, underside and legs dark blue. 

 Short and robust. Head finely and closely punctured, with a 

 deep central depression ; clypeus transverse, separated from the 

 face by a deep transverse groove ; 

 antennae dark blue, scarcely extending 

 beyond the thorax, basal six joints 

 shining, terminal five purplish, broadly 

 dilated and flattened. Thorax half as 

 broad again as long, widened at the 

 middle, sides rounded, surface very 

 minutely and closely punctured. 

 Elytra much wider than the thorax 

 at base, much more strongly punc- 

 tured than the latter, punctures 

 arranged in double rows, interstices 

 longitudinally costate, more strongly 

 so at the sides ; a distinct depression 

 below the base, within which the 

 interstices are rugose. Claws appeu- 

 Fig. Wd. Corynodes obesus. rficulate. 



Length 5^-6 mm. 



Hab. Burma ; Borneo (Colls. Brit. Mus. 4- Jacoby}. 



There is a single specimen labelled " Burma " 'in the British 

 Museum Collection ; all other specimens known to me have come 

 from Borneo, and the Indian locality seems somewhat doubtful. 

 C. multicostatus, Sac., from Borneo differs by the remote and 

 coarsely punctured thorax. 



873. Corynodes dilaticollis, Jac. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova. xxxii. 1892, 

 p. 916. 



Dark violaceous-blue. Head strongly but not closely punctured, 

 with an obscure triangular depression ; clypeus separated from 

 the face by a deep transverse groove, very finely and closely 

 punctured, the space at the base of the antennae shining, impunc- 

 tate^ labrum greenish, edged with fulvous ; antennae violaceous- 

 blue, the second joint fulvous, the terminal five joints broadly 



