COBYNODES. 503 



dilated. Thorax about half as broad again as long, the anterior 

 portion deflexed, the sides strongly rounded and widened towards 

 the base, the surface subremotely impressed with smaller and 

 liner punctures, the sides nearly impunctate. Scutellum broader 

 than long, impunctate. Elytra subcylindrical, the base convex 

 with a deep transverse depression ; the entire surface very closely 

 punctured, the punctures arranged in somewhat regular close 

 rows ; shoulders very prominent. Legs rugosely punctured ; claws 

 appendiculate. 



Length 8 mm. 



Hob. Burma : Karennee. 



Principally distinguished by the shape of the thorax, which 

 appears strongly narrowed in front when viewed from above, and 

 by the close puncturation of the elytra, which is closer than in 

 most species ; the punctures are of about the same size as the 

 larger ones on the thorax. 



874. Corynodes andamanensis, Lefcv. Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxv, 

 1891, p. cclxxvi. 



Metallic green beneath ; greenish - golden or coppery above 

 clothed with short grey pubescence. 



Head densely subrugosely punctured, vertex feebly raised, with 

 a medial longitudinal sulcus ; labrum and palpi piceous ; mandibles 

 robust ; basal six joints of the antennae fulvous, rest blue-black, 

 dilated. Thorax subconical, very convex, closely aciculate-punctate. 

 Scutellum smooth. Elytra strongly depressed below the base, rather 

 densely subgeminate-punctate ; punctures aciculate, stronger at the 

 sides and within the depression. Legs short and robust; claws 

 with a short appendage at base. 



Length 7-7| mm. 



Hob. Andaman Islands. 



Easily known by the short pubescence that clothes the upper 

 side. The punctures of the elytra are similar in size to those on 

 the thorax. 



875. Corynodes travancorensis, sp. n. 



Bright metallic blue ; antennae purplish ; legs bright green. 



J . Head finely and remotely punctured, triangularly depressed 

 at the lower portion, deeply transversely sulcate between the 

 eyes, the median lobe of the "front produced into a blunt point ; 

 clypeus metallic green, subquadrate, coarsely punctured, depressed, 

 anterior margin with a fringe of grey pubescence ; labrum green ; 

 mandibles and palpi nearly black ; antenna? extending just beyond 

 the base of the thorax, basal five joints metallic green, rest 

 purplish, terminal five broadly dilated, not longer than broad. 

 Thorax scarcely half as broad again as long, very moderately convex, 

 lateral margins feebly rounded, anterior angles pointed ; surface 



