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Capite ante oculos profunde 2-impresso, labro antice leviter emargi- 

 nato, mandibulis elongatis, rectis, acutis, lsevibus, menti dente sat 

 acuminata, antennis art. 2-4 gradatim longioribus ;* thorace obcordato, 

 postice fortius angustato, quadrato, lsevi, basi 2-impresso, linea longitud. 

 med. diviso, antice impressione semilunari (impressionibus his omnibus 

 profundioribus) ; eljtris striatis, interstitiis parum elevatis ; prosterno 

 sat fortiter longitud. impresso. 



In prov. oceid. non frequenter occurrit. 



48. Casnonia punctata. N. 



C. supra subtusque (occipite abdomineque exceptis) dense profundeqne 

 punctata, brunneo-picea, elytrorum margine maculisque 2 apicalibus 

 longitudinalibus cum margine confluentibus brunneo-testaceis, pedibus 

 flavis, trochanteribus, geniculis tarsisque obscurioribus, ore dilute brun- 

 neo, antennarum art. 1° palporumque art. 2 basalibus flavis ; long. corp. 

 3 lin. 



Specimina nonnulla mens. Decemb. prope Colombo nocte ad lumen 

 cepi. 



Smaller than the Ophionea cyanocephala. The head is 

 robust, with two impressions between the antennas and a 

 third just above them, somewhat of the shape of an inverted 

 V. Occiput less narrowed than in O. cyanoceph., smooth. 

 The anterior part of the head deeply punctured. The labrum 

 is slightly produced in the middle. Thorax much plumper 

 than in O. cyanoceph., hardly as long as the head, not much 

 narrower, conic, considerably narrowed and cylindric at the 

 base, densely and deeply punctured, especially at the base. 

 Elytra with the shoulders straighter than in O. cyanoceph., 

 impressed with rows of deep punctures growing smaller and 

 shallower towards the apex, with a few small hairs near the 

 latter part ; in the 3rd and 5th interstice three setigerous 

 punctures, in the 3rd and 4th interstice a longitudinal apical 



* In the Distrigi just described, joints 3 and 4 are sub-equal. 



