Mr. C. 0. Waterhoiise on Indian Coleojotera. 457 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXL 



Fig. 1. GemeUaria loricidata, zocecium. X 68 diani. 



Fig. 2. Membraiiipora Sophice, various forms of the ooecium from one 

 colony. X about 60 diam. 



Fig. 3. Heteropora jmlUctdata ? : a, young colony, from above ; b, same, 

 from side. X 15 diam. 



Fig. 4. Schizoporella cruenta, ocecia, the upper one immature. X 40 diam. 



Mg. 5. Lichenopora verrucaria, broken zooecia, showing perforated dia- 

 phragms. X 93 diam. 



Fig. 6, MucroneUa veiifricosa, var. connectens : «, zooecia ; b, zocecium, 

 showing tooth within lip, and process of doubtful nature above 

 mouth. X about 60 diam. 



XL VII. — On some Indian Coleoptera^cMeJly from Travancore. 

 By Chaeles 0. Waterhouse. 



Lucanidse. 



Odontolabis Burmeistert, Hope. 



Some very fine examples of this species have just been 

 received from Travancore. The fully developed male resembles 

 that figured by Hope (Tr. Ent. Soc. iii. pi. xiii.) ; the figure, 

 however, does not represent the angle behind the eye as suffi- 

 ciently prominent. The coloration is constant as in the 

 figure above referred to, the suture of the elytra being 

 narrowly lined with black as compared with 0. cuvera. The 

 female examples measure 24 lines ; the black at the suture of 

 the elytra, instead of being triangular in outline, as in 0. cu- 

 vera, narrows immediately on leaving the base, and continues 

 parallel-sided for some distance, narrowing again at the apex. 



Buprestidse. 



Catoxantha cwprascens, n. sp. 



Obsciire euprea ; thorace crebre punctato, singulis elytris plaga ob- 

 liqua flava ornatis, apice truncatis ; corpore subtus purpureo 

 olivaceo tincto ; abdomine flavo. 



Long. 16 lin. 



General form of C. opidenta, Gory, but with narrower 

 thorax, and quite differently coloured and sculptured. Head 

 very closely and strongly punctured in front, the vertex with 

 a longitudinal median carina* Thorax rather flat, moderately 

 narrowed in front, not very much enlarged at the hind angles ; 

 strongly punctured, the punctures separated on the disk, 



