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PAUSSIDJI. 



222. Ceratoderus oberthuri, Gestro. 



Ceratoderus oberthuri, Gestro, Ann. Mus, Genova, xl, p. 901. 



Of a testaceous-ferruginous colour, with the head black, and 

 with a broad black band reaching from near the apex to beyond 

 the middle, the black colour at the apex being not sharply defined, 

 but encroaching somewhat on the lighter colour at the extreme 

 apex. The species is closely allied to C. btfasciatus, but differs in 

 having the club of the antennae shorter and broader and less 

 narrowed towards the base, and it may be at once known by the 

 club and the legs being of a unicolorous testaceous, or reddish 

 testaceous, colour ; the average size appears to be a little smaller. 



Length 4|-5 millim. 



Bombay : Bombay (Dowries), Bandra {Jaydkar). 



223. Ceratoderus andrewesi, Desn. 



Ceratoderus andrewesi, Desneux, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belgique, xlix, 

 1905, p. 194. 



Of about the same size as the preceding, but very distinct both 

 in form, colour, and sculpture ; of a ferruginous or dark castaneous 

 red colour, with the elytra black, except a broad band at the 

 shoulders and the extreme apex ; head large, impressed, granulose ; 

 antenna} entirely ferruginous, first joint comparatively long, 2-6 

 forming a broad flat club, with the outline 

 much more irregular than in C. bifasciatus, 

 the second joint being very short and pro- 

 duced externally into a short blunt point, 

 arid the next three only slightly projecting 

 externally, the apical joint being longer 

 and rounded ; pronotum much longer than 

 broad, divided behind the middle by a 

 strong furrow, which is continued upwards 

 at the sides and makes the anterior angles 

 appear raised and somewhat prominent ; 

 the excavation is furnished with short 

 yellow pilose pubescence ; the anterior 

 Fig. 207.— Ceratoderus P ai *t is very strongly channelled and raised 

 andrewesi. on each side and is diffusely and rather 



strongly punctured ; the hinder portion is 

 also channelled deeply in front; elytra oblong, parallel-sided, with 

 diffuse and comparatively strong punctuation, each puncture bear- 

 ing a small yellow seta ; legs moderate, with the tarsi rather long, 

 ferruginous, the femora and part of the tibia) darker ; underside 

 mostly ferruginous. 

 Length 5 millim. 



Madras : Nilgiri Hills (//. L, Andrewes}, south end of Lake 

 Chilka, 3.iii.l910 (A nnandale. Indian Museum). 

 Type in coll. Andrewes. 



I am much obliged to Mr. H. E. Andrewes for the loan of the 

 type of this pretty and very distinct species. 



