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185. Gynandrophthalma orientalis, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xl, 



1896, p. 30'2. 



Black ; basal joints of antennae and the anterior legs fulvous ; 

 thorax flavous ; elytra dark blue, apex yellow. 



Narrow and elongate ; head finely and sparingly punctured, not 

 transversely depressed ; clypeus not separated from face, anterior 

 margin triangularly emarginate ; labrum and palpi obscure flavous ; 

 antennae fuscous, basal two or three joints flavous, second and 

 third very small, terminal joints transverse. Thorax very short, 

 more than twice as broad as long, sides nearly straight, posterior 

 angles rounded, basal margin scarcely produced at middle, preceded 

 by a narrow transverse groove, surface with a few minute punc- 

 tures. Scutellum broad, piceous. Elytra very closely and distinctly 

 punctured, interstices finely rugose, apex with an elongate bright 

 yellow spot on each elytron. Below finely pubescent. Legs elon- 

 gate, tarsi, the claw-joint included, very slender. 



Length 2 mm. 



Hab. Bombay ; Belgaum. 



186. Gynandrophthalma apicipennis, sp. n. 



<3 . Fulvous ; apical joints of antennae black. Elytra dark blue, 

 apex fulvous. 



Narrowly elongate ; head impunctate, vertex with an elongate 

 fuscous spot on each side, two small foveae between the eyes ; 

 clypeus feebly emarginate in front ; eyes large ; antennae extending 

 to the base of the thorax, basal three joints fulvous, rest nearly 

 black, fourth and following joints strongly transversely widened. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long, of equal width, sides rounded ; 

 surface fulvous, impunctate and very shining. Scutellum tri- 

 angular, strongly pointed, fulvous. Elytra parallel-sided, rather 

 strongly punctured in closely approximate rows, apical portion 

 impunctate, punctures near suture rather more irregularly placed, 

 the apical portion to the length of about one-fourth of the elytra 

 fulvous. Underside fulvous clothed with silvery pubescence, legs 

 fulvous, sides of breast fuscous. 



Length 3| min. 



Bab. Nilgiris (Capt. Downing). Type in Coll. Andrewes. 



Larger than G. orientalis, head not punctured, elytra not 

 rugose. 



Metallic Species. 



187. Gynandrophthalma laticollis, Duviv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxvi, 



1892, p. 399. 



Head, thorax, prosternum, mesosternum and legs fulvous. 

 Elytra bright blue. Scutellum, metasteruum and abdomen black. 



