CAEABIDAE. 



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Text-fig. 4. — Colpodes pad 

 ficus, sp. n. 



foveae short but clearly impressed, eyes large and prominent, antennae rather 

 slender, joint 3 just longer than 4. ProtJiorax convex, cordate, a third wider 

 than head and as much wider than long, base with 

 its sides oblique, apex moderately emarginate, front 

 angles rounded, sides narrowly bordered, slightly ex- 

 planate and refiexed, bisetose, rounded in front and 

 faintly sinuate before base, hind angles refiexed, sharp 

 though a little obtuse ; front transverse impression 

 fairly deep at middle, the other impressions faint, but 

 the basal foveae deep and produced in front as an 

 impressed line, running parallel with sides, surface 

 smooth. Elytra moderately convex, two-thirds wider 

 than prothorax and not quite twice as long as wide, 

 shoulders cut away somewhat obliquely, not dilated 

 behind, sides nearly parallel, rather strongly sinuate 

 just before and narrowly truncate at apex, without 

 mucro ; striae clean-cut, but shallow, with only traces 

 of minute crenulation, scutellary stride and 5 close 

 to base a Httle deeper, 7-8 practically joining 1-2 at apex ; intervals flat, 

 2 a httle wider, 1 and 7 close to base a little narrower than the others, 3 with 

 three pores, first at a fifth, adjoining stria 3 (right elytron with an accessory 

 pore between this and base), second and third at about two-fifths and four- 

 fifths, adjoining stria 2, another pore opposite the end of 3 quite close to apex, 

 surface smooth, with a slight depression on each side in front round stria 5, 

 and another just before middle. Microsculpture of elytra very fine, formed by 

 a reticulation of strongly transverse meshes, which are hardly visible on head 

 and prothorax. Underside smooth, metepisterna elongate. Tibiae and tarsi 

 to some extent bisulcate, protarsi very feebly and on basal joints only, meso- 

 tibiae strongly and with a carina between the sulci ; joint 4 of tarsi moderately 

 bilobed, in metatarsi the outer a httle longer than the inner lobe, 5 not ciliate 

 beneath. 



About the same size as the common Eastern C. huclianani Hope, but darker 

 throughout, the elytra especially being of a much darker green. Head nearly 

 similar, prothorax a little wider, elytra distinctly wider and with the shoulders 

 more cut away, depressions on surface less evident, no mucro at apex. 



There is also a marked resemblance to the Fijian C. tmncatellus Fairmaire, 



