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extremely fine punctures, scarcely visible and placed at irregular 
distances; Duvivier speaks of some transparent (?) punctures placed 
in rows of four with smooth interstices : this was probably an 
exceptional condition of the elytra due to immaturity or other 
causes; in the specimen received by me, I am not able to see this 
arrangement of sculpturing; À. nigrilabris is more than double 
the size of the preceding species. 
Aphthona Andrewesi n. sp. 
Below bluish-black, above metallic dark blue, the basal joints 
of the antennæ flavous, thorax impunctate, elytra very finely and 
semi-regularly punctured. 
Length 1/2 line. 
Head impunctate, with a few punctures near the inner margins of 
the eyes, frontal tubercles very obsolete and small, limited behind 
by an oblique groove at each side, carina short, tuberculiform, 
labrum black, antennæ extending beyond the middle of the elytra, 
the terminal joints thickened, blackish, the lower four or five 
joints flavous, the basal joint stained with piceous above, second 
joint thickened, nearly as long as the third, the latter equal to the 
fourth joint; thorax about one half broader than long, the sides 
moderately rounded, the anterior angles oblique, the surface 
impunctate, metallic dark blue, scutellum triangular, black, elytra 
finely punctured in closely approached semi-regular rows, which 
become rather obsolete at the apex; legs more or less piceous, the 
tibiæ rather paler, the metatarsus of the posterior legs as long as 
the following joints together; prosternum very narrow. 
Hab. Chamba, Himalayas. 
À very small species, principally distinguished on that account 
from several other Eastern forms, also by the impunctate thorax 
and darkly coloured legs. 
Aphthona azurea n. sp. 
Broadly ovate, short, entirely metallic bright blue, antennæ, 
tibiæ and tarsi black, head and thorax impunctate, elytra extremely 
finely punctured, the apex nearly impunctate. 
Length 1 line. 
Head impunctate, eyes large, frontal elevations narrowly oblique, 
the clypeus with an acutely raised central ridge, antennæ robust, 
extending beyond the middle of the elytra, black, the third and 
fourth joint equal, the following joints thickened but distinctly 
longer than broad, thorax twice as broad as long, the sides nearly 
straight, narrowly margined, the anterior angles oblique, forming 
