104 CHRTSOMELID.E. 



183. Gynandrophthalma delesserti, Lacord. Man. Phytoph. ii, 1848, 



p. 267. 



Black ; head with a fulvous spot. Thorax flavous with a blue- 

 black central band. Elytra black, with the apex flavous. 



2 Elongate, slightly narrowed at apex. Head small, ovate, 

 black, shining, with triangular fulvous spot anteriorly, smooth, with 

 a small fovea or deep puncture between the eyes ; clypeus feebly 

 emarginate in front ; eyes rather large, oblong, entire ; antennae 

 black, comparatively robust, extending slightly beyond the thorax. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long, cylindrical, sides straight, pos- 

 terior angles rounded, surface entirely smooth, very shining, the 

 central band of regular shape. Scutellum small. Elytra very 

 finely and rather regularly punctured in striae ; the apical 

 spot rounded, fulvous, or ivory coloured. Body beneath with 

 fine grey pubescence. Legs rather long and slender like the 

 tarsi, first joint of latter as long as the following two joints 

 united. 



Length 2| mm. 



Hab. Nilgiris. 



The author gives the elytra as black in the diagnosis but as blue 

 in his description. 



Elytra blue with apex pale. 



184. Gynandrophthalma frontalis, sp. n. 



<5 . Fulvous ; base of head, apical joints of antennae, breast and 

 pygidium black. Elytra metallic blue, apex fulvous. 



Head impunctate, with three shallow foveae, upper portion black, 

 this colour extending to middle of eyes, anterior portion and 

 labrum fulvous ; antennae not extended to the base of the thorax, 

 basal four joints fulvous, rest black, fourth and following joints 

 strongly transverse. Thorax twice as broad as long or slightly 

 broader, sides rounded and somewhat narrowed in front, angles 

 distinct, surface entirely impunctate, fulvous. Scutellum strongly 

 pointed, triangular, black and shining. Elytra parallel-sided, 

 regularly punctate-striate, punctures stronger near suture, sides 

 and apex nearly impunctate, the latter in appearance like a rounded 

 pale fulvous spot. Underside and legs fulvous, clothed with 

 short silvery pubescence. First joint of anterior tarsi twice as long 

 as second. 



Length 3 mm. 



Hab. Nilgiris. Type in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 



Closely allied in coloration to G. apicipennis, Jac., but with base 

 of head and scutellum black, the elytra finely punctured with the 

 rows more widely separated, the pygidium black, size generally 

 smaller. 



