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convex, not depressed below the base , the shoulders scarcely 

 prominent, the punctuation iine and arranged in rather regular 

 but not very close rows; legs llavous, the anterior femora with 

 a small tooth. 



Bhamò, June 1886. 



The entirely impunctate thorax in connection with the llavous 

 antennse and legs separates C. laevicollis from any of its allies. 



73. Colaspoides Laportei, Baly Var. ? 

 A single specimen from Thagatà in Tenasserim. 



74. OolaspoiUes pallidula, n. sp. 



Fulvous; the apical joints of the antennae black; thorax deeply 

 and subremotely punctured, impressed at each side ; elytra testa- 

 ceous, very deeply and closely punctured. 



Length 2 Y2 lines. 



Head rather swollen with a few fine punctures at the sides 

 of the base; the episteme separated from the face by an obsolete 

 transverse groove , remotely punctured , its anterior margin 

 straight ; labrum testaceous ; antennse filiform , more than half 

 the length of the body, the basal four joints testaceous, the 

 others black ; thorax at least twice as broad as long, the sides 

 rounded at the middle, narrowed in front, the anterior angles 

 acute , slightly produced , the surface remotely impressed with 

 ratlier deep punctures, with a shallow transverse impression at 

 each side, dark fulvous; scutellum obscure fulvous; elytra 

 convex, parallel, sul)cylindrical, pale testaceous, the suture nar- 

 rowly black, the surface not depressed below the base, deeply 

 and very closely punctured , tlie punctures arranged in semi- 

 regular rows ; underside and legs dark fulvous. 



Tenasserim, Meetan, April 1887. 



Tiie [)ale colour of the elytra and their deep and close punc- 

 tuation distinguislies C. pallidula from most of its allies ('). 



(') Colaxposoma fulvlcorne Haly from Siam helongs to Colaspoides as an exami- 

 nation of the type has proved. 



