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CHRYSOMELIllJE. 
irregularly, rather remotely and not deeply punctured. Scutellum 
slightly broader than long, impunctate. Elytra parallel-sided, deeply 
depressed below the base, shoulders prominent, surface finely and 
closely punctured in rows. Breast and abdomen very finely and 
sparingly punctured, metallic green like the legs. Legs strongly 
punctured ; claws appendiculate. 
Length 8-9 mm. 
Hcib. Southern India : Travancore, Wallardi ; Pondicherry 
(Coll. Jacoby). 
876. Corynodes asphodelus, Marshall, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. viii, 
1865, p. 43. 
6 . Violaceous or blue. Head rather closely and finely punc- 
tured, with deep subtriangularly elongate central cavity at anterior 
portion ; clypeus separated from face by a very deep transverse 
groove, widened anteriorly, closely rugose-punctate ; supraocular 
cavities very deep, sparingly pubescent ; antennae purplish, second 
joint fulvous, last five joints broadly dilated, slightly longer than 
broad. Thorax strongly subcylindrical, scarcely broader than long, 
anterior portion strongly deflexed, sides rounded and slightly 
widened at the middle, strongly transversely strigose and with 
a few punctures ; surface subremotely impressed with punctures 
like those on the head. Scutellum subtriangular. Elytra 
narrow and parallel-sided, with deep semicircular depression at 
the base, punctured in irregular rather close rows, punctures of 
the same size as those on the thorax except within the depression 
where they are larger ; shoulders very prominent and elongate ; a 
somewhat blunt longitudinal costa near lateral margins at posterior 
portion of elytra. Legs and breast greenish ; claws appendiculate. 
Length 5-0g mm. 
Hah. Nepal ; Assam : Sylhet ; Kachar. 
877. Corynodes modestus, sp. n. 
Dark violaceous ; posteriorly rather narrowed. 
Head strongly but not closely punctured, anteriorly longi- 
tudinally depressed, produced in the middle into an acute 
tooth, sides likewise narrowly prolonged and smooth ; supra- 
ocular cavities distinctly punctured ; clypeus closely rugose- 
punctate ; antennae with the apical joints purplish, last five joints 
broadly flattened, nearly extended to the middle of the elytra. 
Thorax transverse, rather short, sides feebly rounded at the 
middle, anterior portion strongly deflexed, surface strongly and 
subremotely punctured, area near the margins nearly smooth. 
Scutellum oblong, smooth. Elytra with a deep transverse de- 
pression below the base, finely, closely and regularly punctured 
in rows, interstices finely aciculate here and there. Claws 
appendiculate. 
Length 10 mm. 
Hah. Burma (Coll. Jacoby). 
