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CIIRYS0MELID2E. 
constriction sulcifonn, black within, the disc with two rows of 
line punctures ; fulvous, the base with a distinct transverse sulcus, 
liavous behind the latter. Scutellum triangular, closely covered 
with yellow pubescence. Elytra rather deeply depressed below 
the base, the shoulders prominent, somewhat angular ; the basal 
portion strongly, the posterior portion much more finely punctured, 
puncturation very distinct to the apex, the interstices flat. Under- 
side densely clothed with yellow silky pubescence ; legs obscure 
piceous, finely pubescent, the apex of the femora more or less fuscous. 
Length 6 mm. 
Hcib. India. Type in Brit. Mus. 
A rather small but very distinct species on accouut of the 
pubescent scutellum and underside, where the hairs are dense 
and silky in appearance. Two exactly similar specimens are 
contained in the Museum collection. 
146. Crioceris semifoveolata, sp. n. 
Dark piceous ; thorax with two obscure dark bands on the 
middle of disc ; tarsi fulvous. 
Rather short and broad. The head strongly constricted, the 
vertex with two elongate deeply divided tubercles ; antennae short 
and robust, the fourth and the following joints strongly sub- 
quadrately widened, terminal joints broader than long, the last 
joint pointed, reaches to the base of the elytra. Thorax sub- 
cylindrical, longer than broad, the lateral constriction sulcifonn, 
basal sulcus only indicated by a small central fovea ; the surface 
with a central row of fine punctures and another small lateral 
depression anteriorly, obscure piceous or dark fulvous, with two 
elongate obscure dark bands on the middle of the disc. Scutellum 
narrow. Elytra broad at the base, the latter strongly raised, with 
about twelve deep foveolate punctures, irregularly placed ; the sides 
and apex with similar foveae, leaving the sutural portion smooth 
in the middle. Beneath somewhat darker, non-pubescent ; the 
tarsi fulvous. 
Length 7 mm. 
Hob. Manipur (Doherty). Type in Brit. Mus. 
Closely allied to 0. dromedarius and C. gibba, Baly, from China, 
but differs in colour and the arrangement of the elvtral punctures 
from the first named, and in the short antennae, general smaller 
size and the sulcifonn constriction of the thorax from C. gibba. 
Section II. 
Metallic blue ; elytra Jlavous or fulvous. 
147. Crioceris flavipennis, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. (2) v, 1859, 
p. 151. 
Metallic blue ; antennae long and slender ; thorax strongly 
