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ME. J. S. BALY ON NEW SPECIES 



vexa, cupreo-, aut viridi-oenea, nitida, griseo-setosa, tibiis, tarsis anten- 

 nisque piceis, his extrorsum nigro-piceis ; thorace multo longiore quam 

 latiore, basi convexo, hinc ad apicem subconico, profunde punctato; 

 elytris basi thorace multo latioribus, ad apicem attenuatis, convexis, 

 infra basin leviter transversim depressis, humeris valde prorainentibus, 

 setulis siiberectis griseo vestitis; sat fortiter substriatim punctatis, 

 interstitiis infra basin rugulosis j clypeo leviter concavo-eraarginato. 

 Long. 1^-2 hn. 



Hah. Southern India. 



Head coarsely punctured, vertex rugulose-strigose ; front im- 

 pressed with a longitudinal groove ; anterior margin of clypeus 

 concave; antennae equal to the thorax in length, six lower joints 

 pale rufo-piceous, the five outer ones pitchy black, these latter 

 thickened and forming an elongate club, the seventh joint is ob- 

 conic and slightly compressed, the eighth to the tenth are turbi- 

 nate, and the eleventh ovate with its apex obtuse. Thorax one 

 fourth longer than broad ; sides rounded and diverging at tlie 

 extreme base, thence obliquely converging to the apex; basal 

 margin sinuate on either side, median lobe obtusely truncate ; 

 upper surface convex at the base, thence subconic to the apex, 

 clothed with adpressed griseous hairs, deeply impressed with large 

 round punctures. Scutellum not longer than broad, pentangular, 

 its surface coarsely punctured, the apical margin impunctate. 

 Elytra much broader than the thorax at the base, narrowed from 

 base to apex, the latter regularly rounded ; above convex, trans- 

 versely excavated below the basilar space, the humeral callus 

 strongly elevated, compressed ; surface clothed with stout, sub- 

 erect, griseous hairs, rather strongly punctured, the puncturing 

 finer towards the apex, arranged in ill-defined longitudinal rows, 

 interspaces just below the basilar space rugulose. Legs cupreo- 

 [Tpneous, tibisB and tarsi piceous, the claws nigro-piceous, thighs 

 armed beneath with a stout spine. 



PsEUDOCOLASPis Lefevrei, n. sp. Breviter ovata, valde convexa, 

 nigro-picea, subopaca, squamulis adpressis griseis dense vestita ; anten- 

 nis rufo-piceis, extrorsum nigris; thorace paullo longiore quam latiore, 

 subgloboso, antice subconico, profunde punctato ; elytris thorace la- 

 tioribus, a basi ad apicem attenuatis, convexis, infra basin transversim 

 depressis, humeris valde prominentibus sat profunde ; crebrc punc- 

 tatis ; disco exteriore (margine laterali excepto) rufo-piceo. 



Hob. Arabia, Persia, 



Body above clothed with adpressed griseous scales. Head 



