514 CHBYSOMELIDJE. 



890. Heminodes antennatus, Jac. (Abirus) Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 

 xxx vi, 1892, p. 912. 



Beneath metallic greenish or bluish, above obscure aeneous ; 

 antennae with the apical joints dilated ; the head and thorax 

 cupreous. 



Head strongly and rather closely punctured, the vertex more 

 sparingly punctate, the middle of the front with a small, more or 

 less distinct tubercle ; the anterior margin of the clypeus, the 

 labrum and the mandibles black ; antennae black, the second and 

 third joints more or less fulvous, the last five joints broadly dilated. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long, the sides strongly rounded at the 

 margin, the anterior angles pointed ; the surface strongly, closely 

 and rather evenly punctured, the punctures more crowded at the 

 sides but all of equal size, a very obsolete oblique depression at 

 each side. Scutellum broader than long, smooth. Elytra convex, 

 subcyliudrical, very closely and much more strongly punctured 

 than the thorax, the punctures arranged in very closely approxi- 

 mate semiregular rows, in the female interrupted by longitudinal 

 narrow smooth spaces, the interstices at the sides moderately 

 transversely rugose. Underside and legs bluish or greenish, not 

 very shining and clothed with short whitish pubescence. 



Var. Above entirely dark aeneous. 



Length 6-10 mm. 



Hob. Burma : Karennee. 



More appropriately placed in Heminodes than in Abirus. 



Genus COLASPOIDES. 



Colaspoides, Laporte, Silberm. Rev. Ent. i, 1833, p. 20 ; Bali/, 2}-ans. 

 Ent. Soc. (3) iv, 1867, p. 134 ; Chapuis,G6n.Coleopt. x, 1874, p. 346. 



Type, G. limbata, Fab., from Cayenne. 



Range. Generally distributed, except in Europe and North 

 America. 



Somewhat short and oblong in shape, rather convex. Head 

 deeply inserted ; eyes rather large, oblong, more or less sinuate 

 within ; antennae filiform or subfiliform, generally long and slender, 

 terminal joints very slightly thickened, second joint half the length 

 of first, third to sixth joints elongate. Thorax transverse, nearly 

 as wide at base as the elytra, narrowed anteriorly, lateral margins 

 more or less rounded. Elytra ovate or oblong, more or less regu- 

 larly punctured, the punctures sometimes in rows. Legs variable ; 

 femora slightly thickened, sometimes with a tooth beneath ; first 

 tarsal joint rather elongate, but as a rule shorter than the following 

 two united ; claws appendiculate. Prosternum rather large, of 

 variable shape, generally longer than broad, posterior margin 

 truncate ; anterior margin of thoracic episternum convex. Species 

 mostly of metallic coloration, ovate and convex, with the tibias not 

 emarginate. 



