CLEOEINA. 
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the thorax, more or less strongly excavated below the base, 
punctate-striate, near the lateral margins longitudinally sulcate ; 
epipleurse rounded, prominent. Legs moderately robust ; femora 
unarmed : claws appendiculate. Prosternum very broad, flat, 
the base truncate. Anterior margin of thoracic episfcernum 
convex. 
Can be separated from Nodostoma (in which several of the 
species belonging to this genus were formerly placed) by the 
form of the thoracic episternum and general rounded and convex 
shape of the body, also by the more or less thickened terminal 
joints of the antennae. 
Metallic species with very finely and remotely punctured thorax. 
S33. Cleorina nigroviridis, sp. n. 
Nearly black beneath, greenish-black above ; labrum, palpi and 
basal joints of the antennae fulvous. 
Head impunctate, nearly black ; antennae black, long and 
filiform, basal four joints fulvous, third and fourth very elongate, 
equal, terminal joints slightly thickened. Thorax barely twice as 
broad as long, sides straight, anterior sulcus entire ; surface 
rather convex, rather finely and very remotely punctured, sides 
near the margins impunctate. Elytra oblong, very convex, basal 
portion strongly raised, deeply depressed below as well as within 
the shoulders ; surface strongly punctate-striate, punctures finer 
towards the apex, basal portion very finely punctured ; below the 
shoulders is a costiform tubercle. 
Length 3 mm. 
II ah. Assam {Coll. Brit. Mus.). 
A very dark metallic species with comparatively slender antennae 
and a more than usually remotely punctured thorax, but possessing 
all the other characters of the genus. 
834. Cleorina modesta, sp. n. 
Metallic dark green ; abdomen blackish ; basal joints of antennae 
fulvons ; tarsi black. 
Head extremely finely and remotely punctured ; labrum piceous; 
antennae black, basal four joints fulvous, basal joint aeneous above, 
third and fourth elongate, equal, terminal joints strongly thickened 
but twice as long as broad. Thorax rather more than half as 
broad again as long, sides straight, anterior sulcus obsolete at the 
middle, surface brassy green, subremotely but much more strongly 
punctured than the head. Elytra with very shallow subbasal 
depression, rather strongly punctate-striate anteriorly, punctures 
very fine but distinct to apex. 
Length 3 mm. 
Hah. Assam: Naga Hills ( Coll. Brit. Mus.). 
The extremely fine and remote puncturation of the head and the 
feeble elytral depression are distinctive of this species. 
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