CRIOCERIS. 
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constricted. Elytra finely punctured, pale yellow ; puncturing 
irregularly arranged in striae, confused near the outer border. 
Oblong -elongate. Head smooth, posterior portion of neck 
obliquely strigose ; face elongate, with a deep central fovea ; 
antennae slender, nearly equal to the body in length, third and 
fourth joints nearly equal. Thorax slightly broader than long, 
above smooth, obliquely impressed on either side near the base ; 
posterior half of disc longitudinally grooved. Scutellum smooth. 
Elytra convex, their surface minutely punctured. Legs elongate, 
slender. 
Length 13 mm. 
Hob. Northern India. 
A very large species and easily distinguished by its coloration 
and size. 
148. Crioceris semicostata, sp. n. 
Metallic blue ; antennae black ; elytra flavous. 
Head impunctate, metallic violaceous blue, the vertex with a 
deep elongate pear-shaped sulcus ; eyes entire, the space behind 
strongly constricted ; antenna> long and slender, pubescent, 
the third joint slightly shorter than the fourth, the following 
joints elongate but robust. Thorax very slightly constricted near 
the base, the anterior angles not prominent, the middle with a 
transverse sulcus, very distinct at the sides, entirely obsolete in the 
middle; surface impunctate, the basal margin thickened and sinuate. 
Scutellum black, very small and elongate. Elytra convex, without 
any depression, regularly and moderately strongly punctured, 
the puncturation very fine towards the apex, the interstices 
slightly convex. Legs and tarsi robust and the body beneath 
dark blue. 
Length 9 mm. 
Hah. Manipur. Type in Brit. Mus. 
Of similar coloration to C. Jlavipennis, Baly, but a very distinct 
species, of half the size, the anterior portion of the thorax not 
produced, the elytral puncturation much stronger and regular and 
the interstices slightly raised longitudinally. 
149. Crioceris pulchella, Baly , Trans. But. Sac. (2) v, 1859, p. 152. 
Metallic blue ; elytra rufous. 
Elongate, convex, shining metallic blue. Head deeply constricted 
behind the eyes ; forehead longitudinally grooved ; autennse more 
than two-thirds the length of the body, filiform, moderately 
robust, third joint scarcely longer than the fourth. Thorax sub- 
quadrate, subcylindrical, sides deeply constricted at their middle, 
armed near the apex with an obtuse tubercle ; above smooth, 
impunctate, apex narrowly margined ; immediately behind the 
middle is a deep transverse groove that terminates laterally in the 
