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Closely allied to A. sublcevicollis, Duviv., but distinguished by the 
strong foveolate puncturation of the thorax which also, together 
with its smaller size, separates the species from the preceding 
one. 
244. Aspidolopha ventralis, Jac. (Coptocephala) Entomologist Suppl. 
1891, p. 32. 
Fulvous ; head, antennae and a spot at base of thorax black ; 
elytra dark violaceous ; breast, apex of tibiae and the tarsi 
fuscous. 
Head with a few line punctures ; clypeus more or less fulvous 
anteriorly, triangularly depressed in front ; antennae with the 
basal three joints fulvous, third joint extremely small, following 
joints transverse. Thorax twice as broad as long, narrowed 
anteriorly, anterior margin concave, lateral margins straight, disc 
with a short transverse groove or depression near the posterior 
angles, impunctate, a transverse large blackish spot in the middle. 
Scutellum broad, black, without central ridge. Elytra strongly 
lobed at the base, subcylindrical, not widened posteriorly, strongly 
punctured in very irregular closely approximate rows that are 
almost obsolete near the apex; pygidium black in the middle. 
Body beneath pale fulvous, clothed with short yellow pubescence ; 
last abdominal segment in the middle and the breast darkened. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hah. Assam : Patkai. Mts. (Brit. Mas.). 
Closely allied to A. ccerulea , Jac., but distinguished by the 
strong elytral puncturation, the less transverse and longer thorax. 
In some specimens the breast and the pygidium are entirely 
fulvous. The species was previously described by me as a 
Coptocephala , but I find now that it cannot be placed in that 
genus, as the structure of the head is quite different, the elytra 
distinctly lobed, and the pygidium uncovered. 
245. Aspidolopha seneicollis, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely, xlvii, 1903, 
p. 87. 
Black ; head and thorax greenish-aeneous ; elytra flavous, sutural 
and lateral margins and a humeral spot blackish ; base of femora 
piceous, tarsi flavous. 
Head closely and strongly rugose, opaque; clypeus shining, 
sparingly punctured ; eyes widely separated, feebly notched at 
the lower margins ; labrum piceous ; antennae scarcely extending 
to base of thorax, basal three joints more or less fulvous beneath, 
fourth and following joints transversely subquadrate. Thorax 
twice as broad as long, slightly depressed at the sides, lateral 
margins rounded, median lobe feebly produced, straight ; angles 
rather obtuse, surface rugosely punctured, the punctures deep 
