266 FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE 



Platypria ? sp. 

 Habitat. — North- West Himalaya. 



Tree Attacked. — Kharshu Oak {Qucrcus semicarpifolia). Deota Forest, 

 Tehri Garhwal ; Deoban, Jaunsar. 



Beetle.— Head dark orange-yellow, shining ; antennae long and black ; eyes black. 

 Prothorax canary-yellow, shining. Elytra metallic green. Segments of the abdomen 

 beneath the same colour, the head and thorax beneath being yellow. 

 Description. Legs black, except coxa, trochanter, and femora, which are canary- 



yellow. Third tarsal joint with a yellow pad or brush beneath ; 

 claws short. Length, 15 mm. 



This is a somewhat large chrysomelid, which defoliates the Kharshu 



oak to some extent in the beetle stage. I iirst took the 



Life History. beetle engaged in this manner above Deota at about 



8,000 ft., at the end of June 1902. On g July I again 



took the insect engaged in the same way at Deoban in Jaunsar, elevation 



9,300 ft. 



PSEUDOCOLASPIS. 



Pseudocolaspis indica, Baly. 



Reference. — Baly. Jour. Linn. Soc. xiv, p. 249 (1877). 



Habitat. — North- West Himalaya. 



Tree Attacked. — Sweet Chestnut {Castanca vcsca). Nachar, Bashahr 



State. 



Beetle. — Bright metallic green tinged with indigo. Antennae orange-yellow. The 

 trochanter and femora of legs blue-green, tibiae and tarsi yellow. Length, 4.5 mm. 



I found this beetle in large numbers on 22 June 1901, feeding on the 

 inflorescences of the sweet chestnut in the compound of 



Life History. the Nachar bungalow on the Himalayan-Tibet road in 



Bashahr. The inflorescences were being totally destroyed 

 under the attack of this small beetle. 



Calopepla. 

 Calopepla leayana, Latr. 



References. — Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iii, p. 50, pi. 11, fig. 7; Ind. Mus. Notes, iii, no. 5, p. 80. 



Habitat. — Poona. 



Tree Attacked. — Shiran Tree {Gmelina arborea). Poona (Gleadow). 



Beetle. — Black, with red markings. 



This insect is to be found on the wing in September in Poona. In that 



month in 1893 it was reported by Mr. F. Gleadow, of 



Life History. the Indian Forest Service, as defoliating the Gmelina 



arborea, cutting large and unsightly holes in the leaves. 



The insect was identified in the Indian Museum. 



