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28. COLASPOIDES ELONGATUS, Sp. nOV. 



Subelongate. Fulvous; elytra black, very finely punctate-striate. 



Length 3| lines. 



Head with a short longitudinal fovea in the middle, impunctate ; 

 upper part of the clypeus depressed, when seen in a certain light 

 finely punctate; labrum subquadrate, mandibulae black; antennae 

 nearly as long as half the body, entirely fulvous, third joint twice as 

 long as the fourth. Thorax transversely convex, its sides much 

 defle.Ked, surface impunctate, shining fulvous; scutellum subrotun- 

 date, smooth, black. Elytra much longer than broad, parallel, 

 shining black, regidarly convex, surface very finely punctate, the 

 punctures arranged in regular rows near the suture, more irregularly 

 towards the sides. Underside and legs entirely fulvous. 



Mus. Godraan and Salvin. 



Genus Plagiodera, Chevrol. 



29. Plagiodera sexmaculata, sp. nov. 



Subrotundate, convex. Fulvous ; last six joints of the antennae 

 and seven small spots on the thorax black ; elytra light fulvous, a 

 pear-shaped sutural mark, a small spot near the apex, and two sub- 

 triangular large patches on each elytron, one before, the other behind 

 the middle, dark metallic blue. 



Length 4 lines. 



Head flat, with a few fine punctures ; labrum deeply emarginate ; 

 antennae extending further than the base of the thorax, the first five 

 joints fulvous, the rest black, compressed. Thorax narrowly trans- 

 verse, the anterior margin deeply concave, the posterior one obso- 

 letely bisinuate ; surface finely punctate, the disk with seven small 

 black spots, of which five are placed in a semicircular row near the 

 base, and the other two in the centre above it. Scutellum sub- 

 elongate, smooth, dark fulvous. Elytra slightly widened at the 

 middle, from there to the apex regularly rounded, irregularly but 

 distinctly and much more deeply punctured than the thorax, with the 

 humeral callus piominent, and the lateral margin thickened ante- 

 riorly and posteriorly ; the disk of each elytron is occupied bv two 

 triangular blue patches, of which the anterior one is the smallest ; 

 the sutural pear-shaped spot extends from the base to the middle ; 

 the rest of the sutural margin is also of a piceous colour, and con- 

 nected at the apex with another round blue spot. Underside and 

 legs entirely fulvous. 



Mus. Godmau and Salvin. 



Genus Prosicela, Chevrol. 



30. Prosicela flavipennis, Erichs. 



31. Prosicela spectabilis, Baly. 



32. Prosicela simplicipennis, sp. nov. 



Oblong-ovate, Black ; thorax bif'oveolate, minutely punctate ; 

 elytra irregularly but distinctly punctate, flavous. 



