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207. Gynandrophthalma nigrotibialis, sp. n. 



c? . Body beneath, antennae (basal joints exceptedj, tibiae and 

 tarsi black ; above fulvous, shining. 



Elongate and subcylindrical ; head entirely impunctate, clypeus 

 at base impressed with some small foveae placed semicircularly, 

 anterior margin rather deeply subquadrately emarginate ; labrum 

 nearly black ; antenna? comparatively long, basal four joints fulvous, 

 rest black, third joint as long as the fourth, thinner but scarcely 

 longer than the second, following joints subquadrately widened. 

 Thorax very short and transverse, nearly three times as broad as 

 long, sides obliquely narrowed anteriorly, posterior angles rounded, 

 posterior margin sinuate near middle, median lobe broad but 

 slightly produced, surface impunctate. Scutelluin slightly 

 longer than broad, apex truncate. Elytra convex, parallel-sided, 

 without humeral lobes, scarcely perceptibly punctured. Legs 

 elongate, the anterior pair slightly longer than the others, their 

 tarsi rather long. 



Length 4| mm. 



Hal. Nilgiris (Andrews). Type in Coll. H. E. Andre wes. 



The deeply emarginate clypeus, strongly transverse thorax, and 

 rather elongate legs are more characteristic of the African genus 

 Damia than of the present one ; since these differences, however, 

 are apparently sexual only, I have left the species in Gi/nandro- 

 plitlialma. It is a much smaller species than G. wallardiensis. 



208. Gynandrophthalma wallardiensis, sp. n. 



Above pale fulvous, beneath black ; tibiae black, extreme base 

 fulvous. 



Head longitudinally grooved between the eyes, rather closely 

 but irregularly punctured; clypeus transversely depressed, an- 

 teriorly feebly emarginate ; antennae with the basal three joints 

 fulvous, the rest black, very broadly transversely dilated. Thorax 

 strongly transverse and short, the sides and the posterior angles 

 feebly rounded, median lobe very broad but feeble and straight ; 

 the disc sparingly and very minutely punctured at the sides, with 

 several short transverse depressions near the base seen anteriorly, 

 only in certain lights. Scutellum broadly triangular, pointed. 

 Elytra elongate, without humeral lobes, very finely punctured in 

 irregular rows which are entirely obsolete near the apex. Beneath 

 black. The first joint of the tarsi longer than the second. 



Length 6| mm. 



Hob. Travancore : Wallarcli (Coll. Jacoby). 



This is a very elongate, subcylindrical species. It agrees with 

 JEtheomorplia in that the first joint of the tarsi is longer than the 

 second, but differs in the absence of elytral humeral lobes ; the 

 antennae are rather long, extending to the base of the thorax, the 

 latter, on the contrary, is % short and transverse ; there is an entire 

 absence of any spots on the upper surface. 



