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basali ad duos sequentes sequilongo ; unguiculis appendiculatis. Pro- 
sternum coxis anticis occultum ; acetabulis anticis apertis. 
Type Par idea thoracica. 
Closely resembling Aulacophora in general form, separated by 
the prolonged elytral epipleura and by the appendiculated claws. 
Paridea thoracica. Ovata, postice ampliata, convexa, flava, 
nitida ; pectore abdominisque maculis nigris ; capite thoraceque rufo- 
fulvis; antennis (basi exceptis) nigro-piceis; tliorace quam longo latiore, 
lateribus fere parallelis, sinuatis, disco profunde transversim excavato ; 
elytris tenuiter sed distincte punctatis, utrisque plaga basali subrotun- 
data, alteraque pone medium, transversa, nigris. Long. 2% lin. 
Fcem. Abdominis segmento anali integro, obtuso. 
Hab. India. 
Antennae rather slender, filiform. Thorax about one fourth 
broader than long ; sides parallel and rather deeply sinuate from 
the base to beyond the middle, very slightly dilated before the 
latter ; disk smooth, broadly and deeply excavated transversely, 
more deeply excavated on either side. Elytra dilated posteriorly, 
finely but distinctly punctured. Abdominal segments stained 
with black on either side. 
Genus JEnidea, Paly. 
.ZEnidea facialis. Elongata, flavo-fulva, nitida; tliorace lsevi, disco 
leviter transversim excavato ; lateribus a basi ad ultra medium diver- 
gentibus, bine ad apicem rotundato-convergentibus ; elytris parallelis, 
puncto liumerali suturaque basi, nigris. Long. 4 lin. 
Mas. Facie infra antennas lamina transversa trigonata, antrorsum pro- 
ducta armata; clypeo transverso, tumido, apice superiori bispinoso; 
antennarum articulo tertio subtus emarginato. 
Hab. Ceylon. 
Clypeus in the male transversely swollen, its anterior border 
emargiuate, its upper edge free, bispinose ; face below the antennae 
armed with a large, transverse, horizontal, triangular plate, its 
apex acute ; antennas in the same sex robust, the third joint sinuate 
beneath. Thorax about one half broader than long ; sides straight 
and diverging from the base to beyond the middle, thence con- 
verging towards the apex. Elytra finely punctured. 
