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209. Gynandrophthalma divisa, Jac. Ann. Mus. Cic. Genova, xxvii, 



1889, p. 156. 



Gynandrophthalma indica, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxix, 1895, 

 p. 263. 



Pale fulvous ; antennae (the basal joints excepted) and tarsi 

 black ; posterior portion of the elytra more or less pale. 



Head shining, impressed with a few very 

 minute punctures, a fovea between the 

 eyes ; anterior margin of clypeus concavely 

 emarginate ; antenna} extending to the base 

 of the thorax, basal four joints fulvous, 

 third joint very small, much smaller 

 than second. Thorax quite twice as 

 broad as long, sides strongly rounded and 

 narrowed in front, angles obsolete, posterior 

 margin straight at sides, median lobe very 

 slightly produced, surface entirely im- 

 Fig. '2S.Gynandro- punctate, shining. Scutellum triangular, 

 pkthalma, divisa. pointed. Elytra parallel-sided, finely 



punctured in irregular rows that diminish in depth towards apex. 

 Body beneath clothed with yellowish pubescence, the breast often 

 darker. 



mm. 



Hah. Southern Bombay : Belgaum ; Malabar Coast ; Ceylon. 

 Burma : Bhamo, Karennee. 



This species has by an oversight been described under two 

 different names, the first of which only can stand ; the pale colour, 

 elytral puncturation arranged in rows and the black tarsi well 

 distinguish the insect. 



210. Gynandroplithalma sikhima, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvii, 

 1903, p. 86. 



Pale fulvous above and beneath ; the tarsi black. 



Elongate, subcylindrical ; head with deep central fovea, im- 

 punctate ; clypeus subtriangularly emargtnate, in front very finely 

 strigose ; eyes very large ; antennae black, extending to the base of 

 the thorax, basal three joints flavous, fourth and following joints 

 strongly triangularly widened. Thorax rather more than twice as 

 broad as long, sides rounded, median lobe truncate, feebly produced, 

 angles rather obtuse, surface iinpunctate, very obsoletely marked 

 with five or six fuscous spots. Scutellum raised, apex thickened 

 but pointed. Elytra very finely and rather closely punctured. 



Lenytli 6 mm. 



Hab Sikhim. 



Allied to G. clii-ysomeloides, Lacord. but larger, the tarsi black, 

 elytra not punctate-striate ; differs from G. indica in the black 

 underside and other details. 



