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third about equal to fourth, in some cases it may be slightly 

 longer, but the fourth is never longer than the third. Prothorax 

 always broader than long, sides rounded as a rule, lateral margins 

 often channelled so that the edges appear somewhat reflexed ■ 

 each of the four corners is generally furnished with a fine seta' 

 and the front angles are often thickened and obtuse, and some- 

 times produced; surface convex, smooth, while along the basal 

 margin is a shallow transverse furrow or depression. Scutellum 

 comparatively large, triangular, with apex rounded. Elytra 

 broader at base than prothorax, generally confusedly punctate 

 the punctures stronger than those of the pronotum when the 

 latter is punctate. Sometimes each elytron has raised costae 

 which is probably a secondary sexual character of the male' 

 Underside: front coxal cavities open behind; prosternal process 

 narrow in front, somewhat thickened behind : legs more or less 

 robust; tibiae simple, not channelled on the dorsal surface- 

 posterior tibiae with a small spine at the apex ; posterior femora 

 thickened, channelled on the underside ; claws appendicular^ 

 Mange. Asia, Africa. 



Key to the Species. 



1. Elytra imicolorous 3 



Elytra of at least two colours 2. 



2. Elytra black, with the apex red-brown 



and with a large yellow- white patch on 



each elytron p ormf B|J 



Elytra brownish-yellow, with a large 

 ovate suturai black patch common to 



the two, and their apices black P. dorsata Baly, p 414 



5. Upper side entirely brown 4. Jt F 



Upper side not entirely brown Q t 



4. Pronotum, seen under a high power, finely 



and sparsely punctate 5 



Pronotum impunctate *. P. indica, Jac, p 415 



o. Colour shining rich brown ; apices of 



femora and tibiae, and tarsi, black ; 



antennae black, underside of first seg- 



ment brown P. hookeri, Baly, p. 415 



Colour entirely shining brown; tarsi F 

 fuscous ; antennae, except the four basal 



segments darker brown P. unicolor, 01 p 417 



6. Elytra black ; pronotum brown p. nigripennis, U^A\l 



Elytra dark violaceous ; pronotum brown. P. violaceipennis, Jac, ' 



' [p. 418. 



333. Phygasia ornata, Baly. 



Phygasia ornata, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, p. 445. 

 Body oblong. Colour shining reddish-brown to paler • under 

 side brown; the two basal segments of the antennae brown the 

 third piceous the rest black ; tibiae and tarsi blackish ■ el'ytra 

 black, with the apex red-brown, and with a large yellow-white 



