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189. Gynandrophthalma dohertyi, sp. n. 



Black ; basal joints of the antennae and base of tibiae fulvous, 

 elytra metallic dark blue. 



Elongate and parallel-sided; the head impunctate, obsoletely 

 longitudinally depressed in the middle; labrum and mandibles 

 obscure fulvous ; antennae black, basal three joints fulvous, second 

 joint small, third elongately subtriangular, the following joints 

 transverse. Thorax more than twice as broad as long, the lateral 

 margins straight anteriorly, slightly rounded near the base as well 

 as at the posterior angles, the sides with a narrowly reflexed 

 margin that widens gradually near the base, the surface entirely 

 impunctate. Scutellum broad, pointed, blackish, the apex fulvous. 

 Elytra elongate, very feebly lobed below shoulders, slightly trans- 

 versely depressed below the base, very closely and finely punctured 

 in irregular rows. Body beneath finely pubescent. Last abdominal 

 segment of female with a deep fovea. Male unknown. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hab. Assam : Patkai Mts. (Brit. Mus.}. 



Easily distinguished by its coloration. 



Pale with black spots or bands. 



190. Gynandrophthalma bohemani, sp. n. 



Flavous ; base of head black. Thorax with two transverse 

 sinuous bands. Elytra with four small black spots each (2.2) ; 

 breast and abdomen stained with black. 



Bather robust aud subcylindrical ; the head with some obsolete 

 depressions between the eyes, impunctate, a transverse black 

 band on the vertex; eyes large and entire; antennae fuscous, 

 extending to about half the length of the thorax, the basal three 

 joints flavous, fifth and following joints broadly triangularly 

 dilated. Thorax broad and transverse, twice as broad as long in 

 the male, still broader in the female, the sides rounded, the pos- 

 terior angles distinct, anterior portion slightly narrowed ; surface 

 impunctate, flavous, with two well separated transverse bands at 

 the base, each rather deeply constricted in the middle. Scutellum 

 black ( d 1 ) or fulvous ( $ ), the apex pointed. Elytra extremely 

 closely and distinctly punctured, not covering the pygidium, 

 two small spots placed transversely immediately below the 

 base and two behind the middle, bluish-black. Body beneath 

 clothed with grey pubescence, breast black, abdomen more or less 

 blackish. Legs black in male, flavous in female, tarsi rather short 

 and broad. 



Var. Elytra each with two spots at base. 



Length 6-7| mm. 



Hab. Southern India. Type in Brit. Mus. 



