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a little thickened; thorax about one half broader than long, 

 subquadrate, the sides nearly straight, the angles obsolete, the 

 disc very finely and extremely closely punctured, obscure fuscous 

 with a slight metallic gloss, scutellum fuscous ; elytra scarcely 

 perceptibly punctured, pale flavous, the space round the scutel- 

 lum and the margins narrowly piceous; below piceous or nearly 

 black, the posterior femora long and robust, piceous, the others 

 and the tibiae and tarsi pale fulvous, the metatarsus of the po- 

 sterior legs longer than the following joints together. 



Da Dime al Bass Narok, Septemb. 1896. Many specimens. 



This small Phyllotreta has more resemblance to several Indian 

 forms than those of Europe in as much as the flavous elytra are 

 very narrowly margined with a darker colour, this character and 

 the colour of the head and thorax will help to distinguish 

 the species. 



12. Phyllotreta flavifrons, sp. n. — Below blackish, above dark 

 greenish, the basal joints of the antennae, the anterior portion 

 of the head and the anterior legs and posterior tibiae flavous. 



Length 3-4 millim. 



Head greenish, the vertex finely granulate and punctured, the 

 anterior portion perpendicularly defiexed , flavous , the frontal 

 elevations entirely absent, the clypeus forming a single .piece of 

 triangular shape and extending as far as the insertion of the 

 antennae, its surface swollen, with a few minute punctures, 

 palpi slender, flavous, the last joint piceous, antennae extending 

 to the middle of the elytra, black, the lower five joints flavous, 

 the basal joint very long, longer than the following two joints, 

 the third twice as long as the second, the terminal four joints 

 short and thickened; thorax scarcely twice as broad as long, 

 strongly narrowed anteriorly, the sides perfectly straight and 

 oblique, the anterior angles obsolete, slightly oblique and 

 thickened , basal margin sinuate at each side , not accompanied 

 by an impressed line, the surface very finely and closely punc- 

 tured throughout , the interstices extremely finely granulate , 

 scutellum broader than long ; elytra somewhat flattened, punc- 

 tured and sculptured like the thorax, greenish or greenish-black, 



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