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the female, on the contrary, they form broad and also acute costae 

 between vvhich the punctures are placed, of thèse costœ, the one 

 between Ihe first and second row of punctures near the suture is 

 broad, the other four are acutely raised and tlie third and fourtli 

 Costa unité below the middie, the maie has the first joint of the 

 anterior tarsi as usual of broader shape than the other sex but 

 agrées in ail other respect excepting the elytral sculpturing. 



CHRYSOMELA ANDREWESI sp. n. 



A pterous, dark greenish or purplish, the antennae and tarsi black, 

 thorax very sparingly punclured, the sides with irregular and 

 strong punctures, not sulcate, elytra with about five double rows of 

 deep punctures, the latter very irregularly placed, the interstices 

 smooth and shining. 



Length 8 mill. 



Head witli a few fine punctures and a narrow central groove, 

 antennes rather short, the terminal joints slightly widened, longer 

 than broad, last joint more elongate; thorax more than twice as 

 broad as long, the sides rounded, the dise with some few fine 

 punctures (in some spécimens more numerous), the sides thicke- 

 ned, with some deep but very irregular punctures, placed in an 

 obsolète longitudinal dépression, more distinct ai the base; elytra 

 more or less cupreous or purplish with 70 or 80 punctures placed 

 in five very irregular double rows, the suture accompanied poste- 

 riorly by a single row; below and the legs metallic greenish, 

 nearly impunctate. 



Nilgiri Hills. 



Very closely allied to C. semifulva Jac. likewise from India but 

 in that species the thorax is entirely impunctate and the sides are 

 deeply longitudinally sulcate without punctures, the elytra hâve the 

 punctures larger and the rows are more closely placed, in the 

 présent species the latter are widely separated, the gênerai shape 

 is very convex and pointed posteriorly, similar to that of CTem- 

 pletoni Baly. 



EUMOLPIDiE. 



COLASPOSOMA LIVIDIPES sp. nov. 



Metallic green, finely pubescent below, the antennfe fulvous, 

 thorax rather finely and closely punctured, the sides rounded, 

 elytra finely punctate-striate near the suture, strongly and irregu- 

 larly punctured at the sides, the interstices at the latter place 



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