98 CHRYSOMELIDJi. 



the eyes ; antenna} short, obtusely serrate, basal two joints rufo- 

 piceous. Thorax transverse, posterior angles acute, surface 

 smooth. 



c? . Head broad, antennae widened. Thorax slightly wider than 

 elytra, feebly narrowed anteriorly, sides rather rounded. Scutellum 

 triangular, opaque, apex with short ridge. Elytra parallel, short, 

 finely punctured. Underside finely pubescent. Anterior legs 

 elongate, apex of tibiae strongly curved, pubescent below. 



$ . Strongly widened posteriorly, head smaller; thorax narrowed 

 from apex to base. Scutellum acute. Elytra more strongly 

 punctured. 



Length 4| mm. 



Hab. Kashmir. 



Closely allied to L. hordei, Fabr., but larger, much less strongly 

 punctured ; mandibles of tf much less strongly developed. Thorax 

 less rounded at sides ; clypeus without tooth at middle of anterior 

 margin. 



Genus MERILIA. 



Merilia, Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 125 ; Chapuis, Gen. 

 CoUopt. x, 1874, p. 112. 



Type, M. lunulata, Lacord. 



Range. India; Africa. 



<3 . Elongate, subcylindrical ; head perpendicular, anterior 

 portion subquadrately produced ; eyes round and convex, entire ; 

 antennae with fourth joint elongate-triangular, following joints very 

 strongly subquadrately transverse. Thorax strongly transverse, 

 posterior angles rounded, margin sinuate at sides, surface glabrous. 

 Scutellum subquadrate, its apex truncate, raised. Elytra with 

 rather distinct, rounded, epipleural lobes. Legs elongate, the 

 anterior legs much longer than the others, their tarsi very elongate 

 and slender. 



The only species known of this genus from India is not difficult 

 to recognize on account of the characters pointed out above and 

 by its coloration. In the female these characters are, as usual, 

 much modified ; the head is less strongly produced and the legs 

 are less elongate. 



177. Merilia lunnlata, Fabr. (Cryptocephalus) Spec. Ins. i, 1781, p. 138 ; 

 Oliv. (Clytra) Ent. vi, 1808, p. 855, pi. 3, f. 35 ; Lacord. (Merilia) 

 Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 127. 



cJ . Dark blue or violaceous ; pubescent beneath ; the head finely 

 rugose and pubescent throughout, depressed in the middle; clypeus 

 feebly emarginate ; antennae black, rather stout, slightly shorter 

 than the thorax, the basal three joints fulvous. Thorax twice as 

 broad as long, subuylindrical, the sides nearly straight, the posterior 

 angles rounded, the surface black and shining, entirely irnpunctate. 



