126 NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN PHYTOPHAGA 



MICRAPHTHONA NIGRITA n. sp. 



Black, the legs fulvous, thorax finely rugose-punctate, elytra 

 very closely and rather more strongly punctured, the interstices 

 slightly wrinkled. 



Length 2 mill. 



Head obsoletely punctured, the frontal elevations indistinct, the 

 clypeus distinctly raised between the antennse, the latter nearly 

 as long as the insect, black, the lower three joints flavous, thorax 

 twice as broad as long, the sides nearly straight, the angles not 

 produced, the surface closely and rather strongly punctured, the 

 basal margin slightly sinuate in front of the scutellum; elytra a 

 little wider at the base than the thorax, slightly widened posteriorly, 

 the shoulders somewhat prominent, the disc closely and more 

 strongly punctured than the thorax, underside black, the legs fla- 

 vous, the posterior femora piceous at their apical half. 



Hah. Khasia Hills. (My collection.) 



ENNEAMERA SCUTELLATA n. sp. 



Black, the anterior tibiae (more or less) and the abdomen fulvous, 

 above fulvous or flavous, scutellum black, the thorax and the elytra 

 extremely minutely punctured. 



Length 4 mill. 



Head broad, black, extremely finely and remotely punctured, 

 without any elevations, antennse extending to the base of the 

 elytra, black, the lower three joints flavous below; thorax three 

 times broader than long, the sides obliquely narrowed towards the 

 apex, the posterior margin oblique at the sides, rounded and pro- 

 duced at the middle, the surface flavous or fulvous with a few micro- 

 cospically fine punctures, scutellum black; elytra extremely finely 

 and remotely punctured, when seen under a strong lens ; below and 

 the legs black, the tibiae more or less fulvous at the base and apex, 

 the abdomen partly fulvous, or entirely black. 



Hab. Khasia Hills. (My collection.) 

 ■ The black head, scutellum and under surface as well as the colour 

 of the thorax and elytra separates this species from any of its allies. 



GALERUCINiE 



OIDES QUADRIMACULATA n. sp. 



Testaceous, the apical joints of the antenna3, the breast and legs 

 black, thorax impunctate with four black spots, elytra strongly 



