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77. Micranomala indica. 



Micranomala indica, Arrow, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) viii. 1911, 

 p. 269. 



Pale testaceous, with the head and tarsi reddish. The clypeus 

 is strongly and closely punctured and sub- 

 angularly emarginate in front, with prominent 

 but not acute lateral angles. The forehead 

 is rather strongly channelled along the middle 

 and strongly punctured, but a little less 

 closely than the clypeus. The pronotum is 

 moderately closely and rather evenly punc- 

 tured and the lateral margins are angulate 

 in the middle, nearly straight and very 

 slightly contracted from there to the front 

 and hind angles, the front angles are acute 

 Fig. 25.Micmno- and the hind obtuse. The scutellum is dis- 

 mala indica. tinctly punctured, and the elytra bear coarse 



and close punctures in strongly impressed 

 rows, placed close together at almost equal distances. The 

 pygidium is strongly, but not closely, and the metasternum 

 closely punctured. There is only a very scanty clothing of 

 hairs upon the lower surface. The front tibia bears three sharp 

 teeth. 



d . The eyes are very large, their diameter being rather wider 

 than the intervening space at its narrowest part. The inner front 

 claw is very broad and sharply angulated at its lower edge. 

 Length, 7'5 mm. ; breadth, 3'5 mm. 

 MADKAS : Coimbatore. 

 Type in the British Museum. 



The single specimen was presented to the British Museum in 

 1861 by Mr. Walhouse, of the Madras Civil Service. 



78. Micranomala cingalensis. 



Micranomala cinyalensis, Arrow, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) viii, 1911, 

 p. 270. 



This species, of which I have seen only two female specimens, 

 is of the same colour and shape as M. indica, but a little smaller, 

 the clypeus and forehead are scarcely perceptibly punctured and 

 the latter is not impressed. The sides of the pronotum are 

 rounded in front and not distinctly angulated in the middle. The 

 sculpture of the pronotum, scutellum, elytra and lower surface is 

 almost the same, but the scutellum is longer and more acute, and 

 the pygidium is rather more closely punctured. The front tibia 

 is more slender and has two acute teeth and an extremely feeble 

 upper one. 



Length, 7 mm. ; breadth, 3-5 mm. 



CEYLON : Colombo (E. E. Green, Oct.), Miniwangoda (C. F. S. 

 Baker, Sept.). 



Type in the British Museum. 



