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almost equal in length, the following segments slightly thicker 

 and scarcely longer. Prothorax about twice as broad as long, 

 convex, lateral margins straight ; surface crowded with fine 

 punctures at the sides, somewhat less closely punctate in the 

 middle; the basal margin with no impressed channel; in some 

 examples a very fine granulation can be seen under a high power. 

 Scutellum small, triangular, impunctate. Elytra subcylindrical, 

 slightly widened at the middle, not depressed at the base, punctate- 

 striate, each elytron having eleven rows, including a short scutellar 

 row and an extreme marginal row; near the short scutellar row 

 are some irregularly-placed extra punctures ; elytra! punctures 

 much longer than those on the pronotuin ; intervals flat and 

 impunctate, but those towards the lateral margins tend to become 

 costate. Underside: breast and abdomen finely punctate. 

 Length, 2| mm. 



Bombay: Khandesh (T. R. Bell). 

 Type in the British Museum. 



The three following species are recorded here for the sake of 

 completeness. The descriptions are free translations from the 

 original Latin and French. No attempt has been made to incor- 

 porate these forms in the key ou p. 203. 



Chaetocnema nigrica, Motschidsky. 



Tlanoma m'grica, Motsch., Etud. Ent. vii, 1858, p. 106. 



Body short, ovale, subconvex ; shining, black, upper side sub- 

 seneous, the basal segments of the antennas, the tibiae, and tarsi 

 brow.n. 



Head subrotund, truncate in front, impressed with a transverse 

 line in the inlerocular space; mterantennal elevation cuneiform 

 and subcarinate ; eyes large, subprominent ; labrum transverse, 

 sinuate in the middle. Prothorax broader than long, somewhat 

 narrowed in front, basal margin slightly produced in the middle, 

 anterior angles subacute, posterior angles rounded, sides some- 

 what rounded; surface extremely sparsely and finely punctate,, 

 almost glabrous, shining, margined. Scutellum triangular, im- 

 punctate. Elytra somewhat broader than prothorax, deeply 

 punctate-striate ; interstices fiat, impunctate, humerus distinct. 

 Underside shining, impressed with some punctures; first segment 

 of tarsi triangularly elongate, third segment bilobed. 



Length, |-| 1. ; breadth, |— L 1. 



Burma. 



Smaller and blacker on the underside than Tlanoma dentipes,. 

 with the elytra proportionately shorter and the humeral angle- a 

 little more distinct. 



