274 PHYTOPHAGA- — HALTTCIPAE. 



tennae usually shorter than in Haltica. 



Hermaeophaga, Foudr. 



b b. Elytra with punctured striae. 



Basal furrow on thorax bounded at each end by a longi- 

 tudinal impression ; posterior femora moderately thick- 

 ened ; tibiae without visible apical spine. 



Crejpidodera, Chevr. 



S -B. Thorax without basal furrow. 



a a. Elytra with punctured striae. 



A a. Head sunk in thorax ; latter not nar- 

 rowed behind. 



Forehead with a deep, curved furrow ; thorax with a 

 small oblique impression on each side of base; elytra gene- 

 rally cylindrical, punctured striae strong ; legs not very 

 long ; posterior tibiae channeled. Mantura, Steph. 



a b. Head prominent ; thorax evenly nar- 

 rowed before and behind. 



A 1, Base of thorax with a small oblique 

 impression on each side. 



Forehead without granulation; elytra oval; legs long; 

 posterior tibiae not channeled. Podagrica, Chevr. 



H 1. Base of thorax without oblique im- 

 pressions. 



Similar to Podagrica. Batophila, Foudr. 



b b. Elytra confusedly punctured or smooth. 



A a. Forehead with two small tubercles 

 above base of antennae ; thorax tolerably 

 convex ; rather indistinctly punctured. 



Margins of clyj)eus smooth ; vertex of head smooth or 

 indistinctly punctured ; elytra rather scantily punctured. 



Aphthona, Chevr. 



Z? b. Forehead without tubercles ; thorax 

 not very convex, tolerably strongly punc- 

 tured. 



Margins of clypeus strongly granulate ; vertex of head 

 more or less strongly punctured ; elytra rather closely 

 punctured. Phyllotreta, Chevr. 



2* Posterior tibiae toothed in middle of outer-side. 



