PSEUDOCOLASPIS. 
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Thorax subglobose, often depressed anteriorly, without distinct 
lateral margins. Scutelluin subquadrate with a more or less pointed 
apex. Elytra with prominent shoulders, often depressed, pubes- 
cence frequently arranged in rows. Prosternum oblong, dilated 
posteriorly, base truncate ; anterior margin of thoracic episternum 
convex. Legs robust, femora thickened, furnished with an 
acute tooth beneath ; tibiae not emarginate at apex, channelled ; 
claws bifid. 
808. Pseudocolaspis longicollis, Baly, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xiv, 
1877, p. 259 ; Lefev. Cat. Enmolp. 1885, p. 86. 
Cupreous or metallic green ; tibiae, tarsi and antennae piceous. 
Head coarsely punctured, vertex rugulose-strigose, front with 
longitudinal groove; anterior margin of clypeus concave ; antennae 
as long as the thorax, terminal six joints pale rufo-piceous, forming 
an elongate club, seventh obconic and slightly compressed. Thorax 
about a quarter as long again as broad, sides rounded, widened at 
the middle ; surface convex at base, thence subconic to apex, 
clothed with adpressed griseous hairs, deeply impressed with large 
round punctures. Scutellum not longer than broad, coarsely 
punctured. Elytra narrowed from base to apex, above convex, 
transversely excavated below basilar area ; humeral callus strongly 
elevated, compressed; surface clothed with stout, suberect, griseous 
hairs, rather strongly punctured, punctures finer towards apex, 
arranged in ill-defined longitudinal rows, interstices just below 
base rugulose. Femora with a stout spine. 
Length 3-4 mm. 
Hah. Bengal: Mandar; Southern India 
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