RHYSODES. 



507 



the mistake subsequently (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1908, p. 317). 

 R. punctatostriatus, Mots., was omitted from the Munich Catalogue,, 

 but is wrongly, we think, restored in the new Catalogue by 

 Gestro. 



279. Rhysodes crenatus, Grouv. 



Rhysodes crenatus, Gronvelle, Rev. d'Ent. xxii, 1903, p. 119. 



Elongate-oblong, shining black ; head a little longer than broad, 

 produced on each side beneath, with the posterior lobes elongate 

 and smooth, separated by a deep furrow and emarginate on their 

 inner side and towards the base, anterior furrows enclosing a 

 smooth, more or less lozenge-shaped space; antennae with joints 

 2-10 transverse, subcorneal ; prothorax a little longer than broad, 

 subparallel-sided, with the angles rounded and with four convex, 

 smooth, longitudinal ridges on each, the interior pair joining at 

 the apex ; the furrows between these are foveolate at the base ; 

 elytra with deep crenulately punctured striae, interstices carinate, 

 the alternate ones being more distinctly raised, the shoulders 

 toothed. 



Bhutan. 



Type, 2 ) M. Rene Oberthiir's collection. 



280. Rhysodes lineatus, Grouv. 



Rhysodes lineatus, Grouvelle, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1908, p. 319. 



Elongate-oblong, shining pitchy black, with the antennae and 

 part of the legs reddish ; head about as long as broad, with the 

 posterior lobes somewhat elongated, rounded at base, angled and 

 approximate on their inner side and then divergent, intermediate 

 space in the shape of an inverted lance-head ; prothorax moderately 

 long, ovate and depressed, with four longitudinal depressed and 

 equal-sized ridges on each, the intermediate furrows closed at 

 their extremities, the ventral one narrow ; elytra oblong, broader 

 than the prothorax, punctured in lines, without striatum except 

 near the suture and towards the base, the intervals much broader 

 than the rows of punctures, the apical depression with yellow 

 setae. 



Length oj millim. 



Madras : Shembaganur (2i. P. Dubreuil). 

 Type in M. Grouvelle's collection. 



The sculpture of the elytra and the depressed ridges of the 

 prothorax will help to distinguish this species. 



281. Rhysodes malabaricus, Arr. 



Rhysodes malabaricus. Arrow, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vii. 1901, 

 p. 86. 



Shining black ; head as long as broad, with the lobes prominent,. 



