CRYPTOSTOMB BEETLES. 



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Agonia cherapunjiensis, sp. n. (Text-fig. 2.) 



Elongate. Upperside subnitid, underside shining. Head, 

 antennte, underside, legs, a longitudinal middle line on the 

 pronotum and the scutellum black, elytra and the rest of the 

 body fulvous. Three costse on each elytron. Three rows of 

 punctures between the suture and the first costa. 



Length, from head to the apex of elytra, 14-5 mm.; antenna, 

 6 mm. ; pronotum, 3 mm. 



Locality. — Cherapunji, Assam, N.E, India (taken by Mrs. 

 /Somerset, 15. vii. 1907). 



Described from one example. 



Type in the British Museum. 



Text-fio-ure 2. 



Affonia clierapunjiensis. X 4. 



Head. Antennse moderately stout, basal joint short, second 

 joint constricted at base, third joint longest, fourth joint shorter 

 than third but longer than each of the following joints, fifth to 

 seventh subequal, eighth to tenth equal but shorter than each 

 of the preceding joints, eleventh joint bluntly pointed ; surface 

 of all the joints except the third hairy and with elongate 

 punctures. Clypeus much broader than long, apex produced 

 into a process which passes beyond the interantennal space. 

 Labrum rufescent, edges bristly. Mandibles broad, black, very 



