COUYNODES. 
495 
piominent. bcutellum not longer than broad, impunctate. Elytra 
scarcely perceptibly depressed below the base, finely and evenly 
punctured in rows, not very closely approximate. Underside very 
sparingly pubescent. Anterior tibiae of curved ; claws bifid. 
Length 7-8 mm. 
Hah. Southern Bombay: Kanara ; Nilgiris ; 
Wallardi ; Igatpuri. 
Travancore : 
> The distinctive characters of the present species are the sculpture 
of the head with the shallow ocular sulci and the shape of the 
thorax, which closely resembles that of a Clirysochus , the six- 
jointed club of the antennae and the distinctly bifid claws. 
Marshall gave no “habitat” for his species, but in comparing 
the type in the Brit. Mus. I find that my C. andrewesi is identical. 
857. Corynodes curvipes, Duviv. Bull. Sac. But. Lely, xxxx, 1891, 
p. xlii. 
“ Purplish-cupreous above, violaceous blue beneath ; labrum, 
palpi and antennae (basal joints excepted) black. 
“Head strongly rugose, obsoletely tuberculate between the 
antennae and bifoveolate ; antennae reaching to the middle of the 
elytra, third and fourth joints subequal, the following joints 
gradually widened, terminal five joints broad. Thorax sub- 
globular, scarcely broader than long, anterior angles strongly 
produced, lateral margins regularly rounded, base sinuate at each 
side, posterior angles acutely produced, surface finely punctured 
and impressed also with large and deep punctures. Scutellum 
violaceous. Elytra biimpressed behind the shoulders, surface 
strongly punctured, the punctures rather regularly placed, inter- 
stices finely punctured and wrinkled, giving a leather-like appear- 
ance to the surface. Beneath punctured and pubescent; a tuft of 
fulvous hairs on the pro- and mesosternum and on the basal halves 
of the anterior and intermediate femora beneath. Legs rather 
elongate, tibiae widened at their apices, the anterior and inter- 
mediate pair strongly curved from their apical third portion ; claws 
deeply bifid. 
“ Length 12| mm. 
“ Hah. Bengal: Ivonbir.” (. Duvivier .) 
858. Corynodes pyrospilotus (PI. II, fig. 13), Lahi, Journ. But. i, 
1860, p. 32. 
Metallic blue with purple reflections ; the pleurae, two patches 
on the forehead, four others placed transversely on the thorax and 
three on the elytra in addition to a curved transverse band on each 
elytron, metallic green. 
‘Oblong or elongate. Head with lower portion of face finely 
rugose-punctate, forehead deeply punctate, two trigonal patches 
on its surface bright metallic green. Thorax slightly broader than 
long, apex sinuate on either side, above moderately subglobose, 
deeply and subremotely punctured, four patches placed transversely 
