258 FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE 



edges. Elytra shining, convex, highly but irregularly punctate except for a series of roundish 

 shining spots placed in five longitudinal rows, which consist of small areas, free of punctures, 

 numbering some thirty in all. Under-surface flat, shining, with a violet reflexion, punctate, 

 the abdominal segments with fine transverse striae. Length, 11.5 mm. 



I took this chrysomelid on the leaves of the sal-trees in the Horai 



Forest in Kumaun on 15 April 1905. I found the 



Life History. beetles sitting on the leaves and adjacent twigs, 



but at the time they were not feeding on the leaves, 



though it is possible that they may do so. 



Chrysomela ? sp. 



Habitat. — Kumaun Terai, North India, 



Tree Attacked. — ^Sissu {Dalbergia sissoo). Chorgallia, Kumaun. 



Beetle.— -Shining. Head, thorax, and antennae canary-yellow ; eyes black ; elytra dark 

 blue-black. Under-surface and legs canary -yellow. Length, 9 mm. 



I took several specimens of this beetle defoliating the sissu-tree in the 



river beds and elsewhere in the Terai forests of Kumaun 



Life History. in the first fortnight of April 1905. The beetle feeds 



on the leaves, eating out patches from the young new 



tender spring foliage. 



Gynandrophthalma. 



Gynandrophthalma sp. ? 



Habitat. — Terai Forests, Kumaun. 



Tree Attacked. — Sissu {Dalbergia sissoo). Chorgallia, Kumaun. 



Beetle. — Elongate, elliptical. Head and thorax orange, shining ; elytra orange-brown ; 



eyes, greater part of suture, and sides of elytra medianly, black. Head depressed, with a median 



fovea between eyes. Prothorax triangular, narrowest in front, sides 



Description. rounded, smooth and shining ; a median depression above scutellum. 



Scutellum large, triangular, finely punctate. Elytra wider than thorax 



at base, constricted at posterior coxae, thence widened, broadest in apical third, constricted 



and separately rounded at apex ; striate-punctate, the punctures moderately large and regular ; 



apical depression smooth, orange in colour. Under-surface darker-coloured. Legs orange, 



shining. Length, 3.8 mm. 



This little beetle was taken in April 1905 feeding on the flowers of the 

 sissu-tree in the Terai forests of Kumaun. The insect was not abundant. 



PODONTIA. 



Podontia 14-punctata, Linn. 



References. — Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii, p. 599; I.M.N, iv, 68 (1897). 



Habitat. — Calcutta, Dehra Dun, Darrang, Assam. Also reported from 

 Murshidabad, Sikkim, Shillong, and Andaman Islands. 



Trees Attacked. — Spondias mangiferac : Calcutta (C. O. Bateman), Dehra 

 Dun {mihi) ; Fiats elastica : Charduar, Assam. 



