MANirURIA. 
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obscure cupreous, finely rugose, thickened, deeply grooved at 
each side, the grooves meeting in front ; the intermediate space 
lanceolate in shape, smooth and bluish, with a short central 
groove ; eyes round and rather small, distinctly notched ; labrum 
fulvous ; mandibles broad and robust, their apices dentiform ; last 
joint of maxillary palpi ovately thickened; antennae black, extended 
to about the base of the elytra, basal joint short and thick, 
second very short, third and fourth equal, subquadrately trans- 
verse, the others longer, strongly subquadrately widened. Thorax 
not longer than broad, constricted at the middle, the constriction 
forms a deep sulcus at the sides which gradually diminishes 
towards the middle, another transverse sulcus is placed near the 
base, the surface impunctate, metallic greenish-aeneous. Elytra 
with the basal portion raised and behind that depressed, finely 
punctate-striate, the punctures more strongly marked within the 
depression, the apex impunctate, lateral margins thickened, accom- 
panied by a row of closely placed punctures ; the surface obscure 
aeneous, almost black, very metallic, with a subquadrate fulvous 
spot immediately below the shoulders and another more rounded 
spot near the apex. Beneath and the legs dark aeneous ; pro- 
sternum extremely narrow. 
Length 0 mm. 
Hah. India: Manipur {Doherty) (Coll. Brit. Mas.). 
Fig. 14 . — Manipur ia dohertyi. 
