12 CHBYSOMELID.I:. 



striate. the punctures small, the interstices smooth and convex. 

 Body beneath clothed with fine pale pubescence. 



Length 9 mm. 



Hob. Bengal. 



Easily distinguishable by its coloration. 



Subfamily III. CRIOCERIN.E. 



Species of more or less elongate shape, of medium or small size. 

 Head frequently constricted behind the eyes and produced in front; 

 antennae widely separated at base, filiform, often with widened 

 and flattened joints (Crioceris) eyes frequently notched, some- 

 times entire and generally preceded by a deep groove. Thorax 

 subcylindrical or subquadrate, without lateral margins, the latter 

 sometimes replaced by a tubercle, the sides more or less strongly 

 constricted (Lema and Crioceris) forming a shallow or deep cavity 

 at middle, the surface frequently transversely sulcate near base 

 and connected with the lateral cavity. Elytra wider at base than 

 thorax, punctate-striate, irregularly punctured in two genera 

 (Pedrillia and Zeugophora), their epipleuraa indistinct or absent. 

 Legs variable, the femora more or less thickened ; claws either free 

 (Crioceris) or joined at base (Lema) ; in one genus nearly bifid 

 (Orsodacrui), appendiculate in Pedrillia and Zeugophora. First 

 ventral segment in most cases much longer than any of the 

 others ; prosternum very narrow but distinct. 



Range. Universally distributed. 



Key to the Genera of the Criocerinae. 



A. Thorax laterally tuberculate. 



a. Thorax with transverse groove near base . . PEDRILLIA, p. 12. 



b. Thorax without transverse groove near base. ZEUGOPHORA, p. 14. 



B. Thorax not laterally tuberculate. 



. Claws nearly bifid ORSODACNA, p. 15. 



b. Claws simple. 



a'. Head constricted posteriorly. 



a*. Claws joined at base LEMA, p. 15. 



b 2 . Claws not joined at base CRIOCERIS, p. 71. 



b'. Head not constricted posteriorly. 



a*. Head without grooves above eyes .... PSEUDOLEMA, p. 83. 

 6 2 . Head with grooves above eyes MANEPURIA, p. 84. 



Genus PEDRILLIA. 



Pedrillia, Westw. Tram. Ent. Soc. (3) ii, 1864, p. 280 ; Chapuis, Gen. 

 Co-opt, x, 1874, p. 94 ; Weise, Deut. ent. Zeit. 1900, p. 447. 



Type, P. longicornis, Westwood, from India. 



Range. Europe ; Madagascar ; India ; Japan ; N. America. 



Of rather small shape, generally finely pubescent above; eyes 

 distinctly notched or emargiuate ; clypeus separated from face by 

 a deep transverse groove ; maxillary palpi slender, last joint strongly 



