. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. theyenclose a narrow space, but this is variable ;elytra with rowrs of strong punctures, but notstrongly striate except for the sutural stria,which is deep with scarcely visible punctures^fourth interstice strongly raised at apex,the raised portion curving round to thesuture and giving the impression of a largedepressed space before the apex, which ismore distinct than in some of the alliedspecies ; ventral segments with single seriesof strong punctures ; anterior tibiae withFiff. 234. two snarP teeth before apex. Rhysodes tap
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. theyenclose a narrow space, but this is variable ;elytra with rowrs of strong punctures, but notstrongly striate except for the sutural stria,which is deep with scarcely visible punctures^fourth interstice strongly raised at apex,the raised portion curving round to thesuture and giving the impression of a largedepressed space before the apex, which ismore distinct than in some of the alliedspecies ; ventral segments with single seriesof strong punctures ; anterior tibiae withFiff. 234. two snarP teeth before apex. Rhysodes taprobance. Length 5 millim. Ceylon. It seems most probable that the above synonymy is correct,R. punctatostriatus having been described by Motschulsky fromCeylon. Grouvelle (Rev. dEot. xxii, 1903, p. 97) introduces aR. punctatostriatus from Sumatra into his table of species, but thisis really R. punctatolineatus, described by him on page 116, and hehas simply made a mistake in the names; it has nothing to dowith Motschulskys species. Grouvelle himself has corrected. RHYSODES. 507 the mistake subsequently (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1908, p. 317).R. punctatostriatus, Mots., was omitted from the Munich Catalogue,,but is wrongly, we think, restored in the new Catalogue byGestro. 279. Rhysodes crenatus, Grouv. Rhysodes crenatus, Gronvelle, Rev. dEnt. xxii, 1903, p. 119. Elongate-oblong, shining black ; head a little longer than broad,produced on each side beneath, with the posterior lobes elongateand smooth, separated by a deep furrow and emarginate on theirinner side and towards the base, anterior furrows enclosing asmooth, more or less lozenge-shaped space; antennae with joints2-10 transverse, subcorneal; prothorax a little longer than broad,subparallel-sided, with the angles rounded and with four convex,smooth, longitudinal ridges on each, the interior pair joining atthe apex; the furrows between these are foveolate at the base ;elytra with deep crenulately punctured striae, interstices c
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