PAGRIA. 
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“ Head subdepressed. Thorax strongly and sparingly punctured r 
convex, anteriorly triangularly narrowed, posteriorly less narrow, 
sides dentate. Scutellum triangular, testaceous or black. Elytra 
strongly punctate-striate, subsutural stria very short, fifth entire, 
rest obliterated at base, the latter gibbous. Posterior tibiae excavate 
(emarginate) near apex. Antennae extending to base of thorax, 
basal joint large, ovate, second short, thickened, third very narrow, 
scarcely as long as second, fourth and following as long as 
third, terminal joints slightly thickened, more or less darkened.” 
( Motschulslcy .) 
Yar. a. Thorax more or less aeneous. 
Yar. h. Elytra with lateral and sutural margins black. 
Yar. c. Above fulvous. 
Length 2 mm. 
Hub. Southern India : Nilgiris ; Burma ; Ceylon ; China : 
J apan. 
Baly has described his P. consimile as a Nodostoma, although he 
points out the sulcus near the eyes which places the insect in 
Pagria ; he further compares it with Nodostoma 4-signatum of 
Motschulsky, but probably means “ signaturn ” as Motschulsky has 
not, to my knowledge, described any species of Nodostoma under the 
former name. Baly also separates his consimile from Motschulsky’s 
insect by the strongly punctured thorax, but Motschulsky described 
his species likewise as “ grosse punctata.” All the Nilgiri spe- 
cimens have pale testaceous elytra with the typical piceous spot 
below the base. 
632. Pagria bipunctata, Lef'ev. Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxv, 1891, 
p. cclxvi. 
“ Beneath piceous, above fulvous ; sutural and lateral margins 
of elytra and a small spot below base brownish-piceous. 
“ Head strongly punctured ; labrum, palpi and antennae fulvous, 
terminal six joints of the antennae fuscous. Thorax much broader 
than long, sides angulated at middle, very convex, somewhat 
sparsely punctured on the middle of disc, sides strongly and sub- 
confluently punctured. Scutellum smooth, subcordiform. Elytra 
with rounded fovea below base, remotely punctured in rows, 
punctures at base and sides large, nearly obsolete at apex, humeral 
callus prolonged into a short oblique costa. Legs fulvous, tarsi 
fuscous. 
“ Length 4 mm. 
“ Hab. Hindustan.” (Lefev re.) 
633. Pagria ceylonensis, sp. n. 
Beneath black, above metallic green or ameous ; basal joints of 
antennse flavous. 
Head deeply and rather closely punctured ; eyes with narrow 
