NEW SPECIES OF ANISODEROPSIS 



COLLECTED BY Mr. R. ViTALIS DE SaLVAZA 

 BY S. MAULIK 



Professor of Zoology in tH© University of Cslcxatta 



Anisoderopsis Ici-islxna. , sp. n. 



Body elongate , narrow , parallel-sided , entirely black , lower 

 side more shining than the upper side. 



Head: with the. vertex coarsely punctate with a longitudinal 

 sulcation and depressed between the antennae, the eyes strongly 

 convex , and collar a little constricted. The antennae are fairly 

 robust and pass a little beyond the scutellum, not attenuated 

 towards the apex, the upper side of four or five proximal joints 

 shining and punctate, the rest opaque and sparsely covered with 

 hairs: the lower side of three basal joints shining and punctate, 

 the third joint the longest. Prothorax : longer than broad, sides 

 parallel, margined, the margins slightly sinuous, basal margin 

 straight. The upper surface is completely covered with coarse 

 and coalescent punctures. Scutellum: elongate, parallel-sided, 

 surface depressed in the middle and smooth : the apex pointed. 

 Elytra: broader at the base than the prothorax, punctate-striate , 

 the punctures being deep and round. Besides the scutellar row 

 there are 10 rows on each elytron. Interstices 2, 4, 6, 8, are 

 gradually elevated towards the ajiex. Underside : the venter and 

 legs finely punctate and shining, tiie last visible abdominal ster- 

 nite with a few long yellowish hairs. 



Length 12 mm. 



Vien Poukha, Upper Mekong, 8. V. 1918. 



Described from one example. 



Type in the Genoa Museum. 



Krishna is a Sanskrit word meanin»; black. 



