504 CELRYSOHELIJJ^E. 



irregularly, rather remotely and not deeply punctured. Scutellum 

 slightly broader than long, impunctate. Elytra parallel-sided, deeply 

 depressed below the base, shoulders prominent, surface finely and 

 closely punctured in rows. Breast and abdomen very finely and 

 sparingly punctured, metallic green like the legs. Legs strongly 

 punctured ; claws appendiculate. 



Length 8-9 mm. 



Hab. Southern India : Travancore, "Wallardi ; Pondiclierry 

 (Coll. Jacoby). 



876. Corynodes asphodelus, Marshall, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. viii, 

 1865, p. 43. 



c? . Violaceous or blue. Head rather closely and finely punc- 

 tured, with deep subtriangularly elongate central cavity at anterior 

 portion ; clypeus separated from face by a very deep transverse 

 groove, widened anteriorly, closely rugose-punctate ; supraocular 

 cavities very deep, sparingly pubescent ; antennae purplish, second 

 joint fulvous, last five joints broadly dilated, slightly longer than 

 broad. Thorax strongly subcylindrical, scarcely broader than long, 

 anterior portion strongly deflexed, sides rounded and slightly 

 widened at the middle, strongly transversely strigose and with 

 a few punctures ; surface subremotely impressed with punctures 

 like those on the head. Scutellum subtriangular. Elytra 

 narrow and parallel-sided, with deep semicircular depression at 

 the base, punctured in irregular rather close rows, punctures of 

 the same size as those on the thorax except within the depression 

 where they are larger; shoulders very prominent and elongate; a 

 somewhat blunt longitudinal costa near lateral margins at posterior 

 portion of elytra. Legs and breast greenish ; claws appendiculate. 



Length 5-6| mm. 



Hab. Nepal ; Assam : Sj'lhet ; Kachar. 



877. Corynodes modestus, sp. n. 



Dark violaceous ; posteriorly rather narrowed. 



Head strongly but not closely punctured, anteriorly longi- 

 tudinally depressed, produced in the middle into an acute 

 tooth, sides likewise narrowly prolonged and smooth : supra- 

 ocular cavities distinctly punctured ; clypeus closely rugose- 

 punctate ; antennae with the apical joints purplish, last five joints 

 broadly flattened, nearly extended to the middle of the elytra. 

 Thorax transverse, rather short, sides feebly rounded at the 

 middle, anterior portion strongly deflexed, surface strongly and 

 subremotely punctured, area near the margins nearly smooth. 

 Scutellum oblong, smooth. Elytra with a deep transverse de- 

 pression below the base, finely, closely and regularly punctured 

 in rows, interstices finely aciculate here and there. Claws 

 appendiculate. 



Length 10 mm. 



Hab. Burma (Coll. Jacoby}. 



