CEltATOBASIS. 
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295. Diapromorpha indica, Juc. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely, xlvii, 1903, 
p. 83. 
Black ; tibia) and tarsi obscure fulvous ; elytra fulvous, a 
transverse black band behind the middle. 
Head finely and closely pubescent between 
the eyes ; antennae not extending to base of 
thorax, basal three joints fulvous, fourth 
and following joints transverse. Thorax sub- 
cylindrical when seen from above, strongly 
narrowed anteriorly ; sides rounded ; median 
lobe of basal margin very short and some- 
what pointed, anterior margin rather strongly 
advanced at the middle ; surface very 
minutely punctured. Elytral epipleurse 
strongly produced at the sides, closely and 
pjc (yj- strongly punctured. Body beneath densely 
Diapromorpha indica. pubescent. Pygidium free. 
Length 6 mm. 
Hob. Bombay : Kanara. 
Smaller than D. balteata, Lacord. Of exactly similar coloration 
but separated by the strong and irregular elytral puncturation ; 
the latter in D. balteata is arranged in rows and the transverse 
band is placed higher than in D. indica. 
Genus CERATOBASIS. 
Ceratobasis, Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 362 ; Chapmis, Gen. 
Coleopt. x, 1874, p. 129. 
Type, C. near, Lacord., from India. 
Range. India ; Ceylon. 
A . Most of the characters of Coptocephala , but the head much 
less broad and trigonal, instead of subquadrate ; the second and 
third joints of the antennae small, nearly equal. Thorax less . 
strongly transverse, the sides only very feebly rounded. Anterior 
legs elongate, their tibiae long, slightly curved ; tarsi elongate, first 
joint as long as the following two united. 
5 . Head, antennae and legs shorter, tarsi less elongate. 
296. Ceratobasis nair, Lacord. Mon . Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 363. 
Plavous ; breast, vertex and two spots on thorax black ; elytra 
with a subquadrate spot before and another behind the middle, 
bluish-black. 
J . Short and cylindrical. Head smooth, with a broad trans- 
verse black band on vertex, extending as far as the eyes ; clypeus 
triangularly emarginate ; labrum piceous ; eyes large, entire 
antennae slightly extending beyond thorax, fuscous, the basal 
