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18. Af/elastica orientalis, n. sp. 



Elongato-ovato, convexa, metallico-c^rulea, nitida, antennis 

 nigris ; thorace elytrisque crebre punctatis, illo lateribiis rotuu- 

 datis. Long. 3^-4 lin. 



Hab. neighbourhood of Sanju, apparently common. 



Encarpa3 and clypeus thickened, the former pyriform, con- 

 tiguous, separated from the front by a deep transverse groove ; 

 antennas filiform, half the length of the body, the second joint 

 short, the third one-half longer than the second, more than half 

 the length of the fourth. Thorax nearly three times as broad 

 as long ; sides rounded, slightly converging in front, the hinder 

 angles rounded, the anterior ones obtuse ; disc closely punctured. 

 Scutellum trigonate, shining, impunctate. Elytra rather broader 

 than the thorax, oblong, closely punctured. 



Closely allied to A. ccendea, it may be known from that 

 insect by the relative lengths of the second and third joints 

 of the antenna?. 



19. ^falaco.so/na Jlavivent)-e, n. sp. 



Elongatum, convexum, obscure viridi-a;neum, nitidum, ab- 

 domine flavo, antennis (basi exceptis) nigris ; thorace trausverso, 

 minute, subremote punctato ; elytris oblongis, infra basin trans- 

 versim excavatis, tenuiter punctatis. Long, 4 lin. 



Hab. Murree. 



Head trigonate ; vertex and fi-ont smooth, impunctate, the 

 latter separated from the encarpas by a deep groove ; encarpaj 

 transverse, contiguous above, separated below by the narrow 

 wedge-shaped carina, the surface of which is coarsely punctured; 

 antenna? more than half the length of the body, moderately 

 robust, filiform, the second joint short, the third twice the length 

 of the second, the fourth about one-third longer than the pre- 

 ceding one. Thorax about one-half as broad again as long ; 

 sides moderately rounded, the anterior angles armed with an 

 obtuse tubercle, the hinder ones acute ; disc moderately convex, 

 finely but rather distantly punctured ; lateral margin reflexed. 

 Scutellum smooth, impunctate. Elytra much broader than the 

 thorax, oblong, convex, transversely excavated below the basilar 

 space, the latter slightly elevated ; surface finely but not very 

 closely punctured, very sparingly clothed with short hairs ; on 

 the apical half of each elytron are a number of broad, ill-defined, 

 longitudinal sulcations. Abdomen flavous, the apex of the 

 terminal sesrment emaroinate, 



