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CITIIYSOMELIDJE. 
Head extremely minutely and closely punctured ; clypeus not 
separated; eyes broadly but not deeply emarginate; antennm 
fulvous, second and following joints short, moniliform, terminal 
joints thickened, last joint more elongate and thinner, reaching 
to the base of elytra. Thorax about two and a half times broader 
than long, strongly widened at middle, sides nearly straight, 
posterior margin strongly pointed and produced at middle, finely 
serrate, extreme basal margin black. Scutellum invisible from 
above. Elytra convex and ovate, slightly narrowed towards the 
apex, finely punctate-striate, interstices with some very minute 
punctures, extreme basal margin black. Body beneath very finely 
punctured ; legs robust ; sides of abdomeu fulvous. Prosternum 
broader than long, black. 
Length 2| mm. 
Hob. Mlgiris. Type in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 
Differs from D. castcineus in the nearly black, not fulvous, under- 
side, absence of raised prosternal margins and uniformly coloured 
antennae and legs. 
309. Dioryctus manipurensis, sp. n. 
Black; basal joints of antennae fulvous; elytra with a kidney- 
shaped fulvous broad band at middle of disc that extends to the 
apex and sides. 
Strongly rounded and convex. Head impunctate, opaque ; eves 
not deeply emarginate ; antennae extending to base of thorax, 
second and third joints very short, moniliform, following joints 
triangularly widened, basal three fulvous, rest black. Thorax 
more than twice as broad as long, narrowed in front, sides straight, 
posterior margin produced at middle into a pointed lobe, surface 
microscopically punctured, shining. Scutellum invisible from 
above. Elytra subglobular, epipleural lobes strongly angularly 
produced at sides, extremely finely punctate-striate, the first two 
and the outer two rows more distinctly marked ; the fulvous 
portion commences below the shoulders, extends obliquely to the 
suture, and there turning outwards again occupies the entire 
posterior portion of sides and apex. Legs short and robust. Pro- 
sternum slightly broader than long, lateral margins highly raised 
and curved outwards anteriorly. 
Length 2 mm. 
Hab. India: Manipur ( Coll. Brit. Mus.). 
Very similarly coloured to D. nigroplagicilus , Jac., but with 
nearly impunctate thorax and black legs, the elytral fulvous band 
not interrupted posteriorly. 
310. Dioryctus semibrunneus, sp. n. 
Fulvous ; elytra black, an elongate subtriaugular band at middle 
near suture fulvous. 
