igi3.] S. Maui.ik : Cfvptustomes in the Indian Mitsenm. 115 



same and in absence of more specimens I do not separate itj but 

 I consider this as a definite variety having more importance than 

 mere colour varieties. 



It is brown, prothorax maculate, apical joints of antennae 

 not black or dark. 



32. Metriona catancta (Dej.)=(/)/ryso(^«s, Boh.) 



Boh., Mon. Cassid., 1855, vol. iii, p. 262. 

 Speath., Verh. Ges. Wien, 1898, p. 280. 

 Weise, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr., 1892, p. 352. 



Thirteen examples. 



Localities.— ^Inng-Qhw, DarjeeHng distr., E. Himalayas, below 

 5000 ft.; Pegu, U. Burma; Tenasserim ; Dam Dim, Jalpaiguri 

 distr., Bengal {G. S. Patterson)] Kanaul , 18-X-1907; Bhim Tal, 

 4500 ft., Kumaon, 19 — 22-X-1906 [Annandale) : Sibu, Sarawak, 

 2-vii-i9io [Beche). 



Genus Chirida, Chap. 



Insects with the following characters are differentiated from 

 Coptocycla and are classed in Chirida. 



Claws with a tooth-like appendage at the base, antennae 

 placed in grooves round the eyes, the ridge on the anterior edge 

 of the prosternum is interrupted. In Coptocycla the claws are 

 simple (Weise, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr., 1896, p. 13). 



33. Chirida ornata (Fab.) 

 Boh., Mon. Cassid., 1855, vol. iii, p. 134. 



One example. 



Locality.— K&nAy , Ce^don, June 1910. 



34. Chirida promiscua (Boh.) 



Boh., Mon. Cassid., 1855, vol. iii, p. 130. 



One example. 



Locality. — Bangalore {Cameron). 



35. Chirida sexmacuiata (Dej.) 



Boh., Mon. Cassid., 1855, vol. iii, p. ii4- 

 Wiese, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr., 1896, p. 14- 



Fifty-four examples. 



Localities.— ^SiXigoXoxQ, S. India [Cameron); Calcutta; Chatra- 

 put, Ganjam distr., N.-E. Madras (C. Fischer). 



36. Chirida septemnotata (Boh.) 

 Boh., Mon. Cassid., 1855, vol. iii, p. 133. 

 Thirteen examples. 



