FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE 



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Ophrida marmorea, Wiedem. 



Rhfkrenxe. — Wiedem. Zool. Mag. i, 2, p. 181 (i8ig). 



Habitat. — Rangoon Forests, Lower Burma. 



Tree Attacked — Holarrhina antidysentevica. Magayi Forest, Rangoon 

 Division. 



Beetle. — Elongate-elliptical, shining. Head and prothorax and 

 legs red-brown ; elytra dar]< red-brown, mottled with light yellower 

 patches. Front of head tuberculate, dull, 

 Description. very finely punctate. Prothorax rather 



tlat, wider than long, anterior edge con- 

 cave, sides rounded with a constriction medianly ; disk surrounded 

 by a heart-shaped depression ; a few scattered rather large punc- 

 tures on basal area. Elytra convex, depressed apically, the sides 

 constricted to apex ; strongly punctate-striate. Under-surface dark 

 red-brown, shining, finely punctate ; femora of hind legs thickened. 

 Length, 12.5 mm. 



Fig. 185. 



Ophrida marmorea, 

 Wiedem. Lower Burma. 



This chrysomelid does a certain amount of de 



foliation in the beetle stage. I 



Life History. found the insect feeding on the leaves of Holarrhina 



anti dysenteric a in the Magayi Forest of the Rangoon 



Reserves on 8 February 1905. The tree formed the lower story of the 



forest growth, and in the case of trees here and there a considerable 



percentage of the leaves had been partially eaten by the beetle. 



Haltica. 

 Haltica ? sp. 



Reference. — This beetle was identified at the British Museum as doubtfully a species oi Haltica ; Steb- 



bing, Depart. Notes, i, 179 {1903). 



Habitat.— Bombay Presidency. 

 Tree ktta,cked.—BosiCLilia serrata. 



Bhamburda Reserve, Poona. 



Beetle. — A medium-sized thick-set insect with small yellow head and two prominent black 



eyes. Thorax yellow, slightly broader than long, small. Elytra broader than thorax, yellow 



to brownish in colour, the yellow being generally in irregularly shaped 



Description. faint blotches. At times a few faintly marked black spots are present. 



In the $ the elytra are sometimes all yellow with scattered brownish 



markings and small spots. The elytra are broadly striated with rows of punctures between 



the striae, and are detlexed posteriorly, leaving one segment of the body exposed. The body is 



thick and pointed posteriorly, yellow to yellow-brown beneath, and shining. Antennae and 



legs canary-yellow, the former being slender and short. Posterior pair of legs are long and 



have their femora remarkably thickened and developed, thus enabling the insect to leap 



the great distances it is capable of doing. These femora are at times dark yellow to 



brown in colour. The posterior tibiae are spined at their bases. The third tarsal joint is 



deeply bilobed. 



Length, ^ /^ in. ; $ ;| in. PL viii, tig. 4, in Depart. Notes shows a dorsal and side view 

 of this chrysomelid. 



