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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE NEW SPECIES OF 



PEYTOPHAQOVS COLEOPTERA 



OBTAINED BY M-" ANDREWES IN INDIA, 

 by Martin «lacoby. 



The Phytophaga submitted to me for détermination by M"" An- 

 drewes were obtained by that gentleman in the South of Bombay, 

 the Madras district, in Burmah (a few) and in Chamba and Dal- 

 housie in the Himalayas. The collection contains many novelties 

 and thèse are generally represented by numbers. Many of the 

 species hâve of course been previously described and thèse I hâve 

 not referred to. The présent paper deals with the Familles as far 

 as the EumolpidcB. The Clirysomelidœ , Balticinœ and Galerucinœ 

 will be dealt with in a future paper. A few species hâve been added 

 which I hâve lately received from other parts of India. 



CRIOCERID^. 



Lema îudîca n. sp. 



Flavous or testaceous, apical joints of the antennae fuscous, 

 thorax subqiiadrate, depressed, finely punctured, elytra depressed 

 below the base, strongly punctate-striate, the interstices very 

 minutely punctured, costate at the apex. 



Length 3 1/2-4 Unes. 



Head impunctate, shining, the latéral grooves very deep, the 

 vertex strongly constricted behind the eyes, the latter large and 

 prorainent, deeply notched, clypeus rather convex, impunctate, 

 triangular and broad,extending upwards between the antennae into 

 a point, palpi thin, antennse robust, extending only to the base of 

 the elytra, entirely flavous or with the outer joints more or les 

 fuscous, third and fourth joints short, equal; thorax not longer 

 than broad, acutely but not very deeply constricted at the middle, 

 the basai sulcus very shallow with a small fovea at the middle, the 

 dise with several rows of fine punctures at the middle, scutellum 

 small; elytra with the basai portion slightly swoUen, the shoulders 

 rounded, the punctures large and well separated anteriorly, 

 gradually smaller and placed in striae posteriorly, the interstices 

 very minutely and sparingly punctured, only seen under a strong 

 lens, slightly wrinkled at the sides and longitudinally convex at 

 the apex, posterior femora rather strongly incrassate, not extending 



