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The following syuonymy is thereforo necessary : — 

 (L) Rhiginia, Stal., 1859. 



= Ectnchodia, Stal., 1874; Leth. Sev., 1896, 



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type, crudeliSf Stal == ruficolis, Stal. 

 (B) Larymna, Stal, 1859. 



= Lorkerus, Halin. (p.p.), 1831 (invalid as not described, 



also name preoccupied). 

 = Ectrychotesj Leth. Sev., 1896, 



type albipe7in?.s, Guer,, = violacea^Hahn. 

 (V) Ectfichodia, Lep. Serv., 1825. 



= Loricerus, Hahn. (p.p.)? 1831, not described. 



= Ectrychotes, Burm., 1835. 



= Physorhynchus^ Am. Ser-v, 1843 ; Leth. Sev., 1896. 



= HcematorrhopJms, Stal, 1874. 



Type, cinix^ Thunb. = cruciatusj Lep. Serv. 



ECTRICHODIA HORRENDA, sp. DOV. 



Shining, smooth, polished, the abdomen rugose only on the connexi- 

 va and on the 6th abdominal segment above and sparingly on the 

 3 — 5th segments above laterally. Apical margins of abdominal seg- 

 ments 1 — 4 serrulate along their entire length. Pro-notum constricted 

 at the basal fourth. Anterior femora with one strong spine in the 

 middle beneath, intermediate femora with two rows of two, posterior 

 with a double row of one. Beneath, smooth, polished. Pro- and meso- 

 • sterna sulcate, the suloation transversely striate. Meta-sternal tubercle 

 lightly carinate. 



Long. 221—23 mill. ; lat. 10^ mill. 



India : (Colls., Edwards and Kirkaldy). 



Upper surface bronze-green ; legs (except coxse), sterna, &c., violet- 

 black. Ventral surface greenish-black. 



Distinguished by the colour and the comparative smoothness of the 

 abdominal segments above. 



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E. LINNEI, Stal. 

 Ectriehodia linnei, Stdl, 1859, 0. V. A. F., p. 178, ^ macr. 

 t E. discrepans, Walker, 1873, Cat. VIII, p. 46, $ macr., $ 9 

 apt. (now. syn.). 



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