280 



H. Punctures of prothorax mostly 

 longer fhan wide 



HH. Punctures of prothorax sel- 

 dom or never longer than 

 wide. 



I. Fourth segment of abdomen 



of male conspicuously 

 bicarinate 



II, Fourth segment not bicar- 



inate. 



J. Fourth segment of male 



carinated or ridged 



along middle. 



j. Third segment of male 



armed at apex towards 



each side 



jj. Third segment not so 



armed. 



k. Basal joint of hind 



tarsi of male as long 



as the rest combined 



Ick. Basal joint much 



shorter 



J J. Fourth segment of male 



not carinated along 



middle. 



K. Hind tibiae of male 



suddenly and strongly 



dilated near apex ... 



KK. Hind tibiae not so 



dilated. 



L. Hind tibiae of male 



notched near loAver 



apex 



LL. Hind tibiae not so 

 notched 



suavis 



hicarinafo. 



mimeta 



elegantula 

 poeciloderma 



foveiventris 



haemorrhoidalis 

 heroni 



Division 1 . 



COLASPOIDES HOWENSIS, 11. sp. 



PI. viii., figs. 135-137. 



S . Dark-castaneous, some parts darker, with a more 

 ^or less conspicuous coppery-green gloss; antennae variegated. 



Head with dense punctures, fairly coarse in front, 

 becoming smaller towards base; with an impunctate elevated 

 space near each antenna and with a short median line ; 

 clypeus deeply notched. Antennae long; first joint stout, 

 second short, third to seventh somewhat dilated and each 

 longitudinally depressed on one side, eighth to eleventh 

 thinner. Prothorax with sides (for the genus) rather strongly 

 reflexed, each angle obtusely dentate and bearing a bristle; 

 with fairly dense and deep but not very large punctures, 

 interspersed with much smaller ones. Elytra with semi- 

 double rows of punctures of moderate size, larger and more 



