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and the sides more broadly, black, the extrême latéral margins of 

 the ground colour; breast black, legs flavous, the apex of the tibise 

 and the tarsi black, the latter rather short and stout. 



Of almost exacUy similar coloration as G. siriatipennis but Ihe 

 thorax without sulci, the elytra irregularly punctured and the 

 gênerai size smaller. 



GYNANDROPHTHALMA NILGIRIENSIS sp. n. 



Flavous, antennae and sides of the breast blackish, thorax impunc- 

 tate, flavous, scutellum black, elytra finely semipunctate-striate, 

 flavous, a broaJ suturai band and a narrower latéral one not exten- 

 ding to the base and apex, black. 



Length. 4 mill. 



Head impunctate, flavous, finely transversely grooved between 

 the eyes, the latter nearly entire, large, antennse very short, black, 

 the lower three joints flavous, fourth and following joints trans- 

 versely wiJened but not serrate; thorax strongly transverse, the 

 sides feebly rounded anteriorly, the surface entirely impunctate, 

 feebly impressed in front of the médian lobe, the latter slraight, 

 scarcely produced, scutellum black, broad, its apex pointed, elytra 

 finely and rather obsoletely punctured, flavous, with a very broad 

 suturai band, widened towards the apex and angulate, the sides with 

 another narrower band below the base and not extending to the 

 apex, under side and legs flavous, the breast blackish, the meta- 

 tarsus as long as the following two joints together. 



Two exactly similar spécimens are before me. 



GYNANDROPHTHALMA SIRIATIPENNIS sp. n. 



Head metallic green, antennse and the breast black, thorax 

 impunctate, fulvourf with a central greenish patch, elytra punctate- 

 striate, flavous, the suture and the sides greenish black {ç^) or enti- 

 rely metallic green (Ç). 



Length 3-4 mill. 



ç^. Head impunctate, obsoletely transversely grooved between the 

 eyes, the clypeus with two fovese and a flavous spot near its apex, 

 labrum fulvous, antenna3 black, the lower three joints more or less 

 fulvous, the fourth and the following joints transverse; thorax more 

 than twice as broad as long, the sides nearly straight, the posterior 

 angles obtuse, the dise strongly transversely sulcate anteriorly and 

 to a less extend near Ihe base at each side, the latter flavous, the 

 middle occupied by a triangular metallic green spot, entirely 

 impunctate, scutellum metallic green; elytra with regular rows of 



