GYKAKDROPHTHALM A . 



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213. Gynandrophthalma nilgiriensis, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg- 

 xlvii, 1903, p. 85. 



Flavous ; antennae and sides of breast blackish, scutellum black ; 



elytra with a broad sutural band, widened at the middle, and a 



short stripe near lateral margins black. 



Head impunctate, shining, transversely 

 grooved between the eyes, the latter very 

 slightly notched ; clypeus obsoletely sepa- 

 rated, deflexed anteriorly, its anterior border 

 feebly emarginate; antennae short, black, 

 basal three joints flavous, fourth and fol- 

 lowing transversely widened, terminal joint 

 pointed. Thorax quite twice as broad as 

 long, sides rather rounded towards base, 

 angles distinct, median lobe very slight, sur- 

 face impunctate. Scutellum broad, pointed, 

 its extreme apex fulvous. Elytra elongate, 

 subcylindrical, slightly widened posteriorly, 

 finely and obsoletely punctured, the black 



sutural band occupies the greater portion of the disc and extends 



from base to apex ; marginal band narrow, slightly widened at 



middle, extends from below the shoulders to near the apex. Legs 



flavous. 



Length 4 mm. 

 Sab. Nilgiris. 

 Quite differently marked from any other Indian species of the 



genus. 



Fig. 30. Gynandro- 

 phthalma nilgiriensis. 



214. Gynandrophthalma striatipennis, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 

 xlvii, 1903, p. 85. 



$ . Head metallic green ; antennae and breast black ; thorax 

 fulvous, with central greenish patch ; elytra 

 flavous, suture and sides metallic greenish ; 

 abdomen and legs fulvous. 



Narrow and elongate; head impunctate, 

 obsoletely transversely grooved between the 



I ^ J^BIIV. eyes ; base of cl y? eus with two dee p f vea> ' 



its anterior portion and labrum flavous; 

 antennae with basal three joints fulvous, 

 fourth and following joints transversely 

 widened. Thorax more than twice as broad 

 Fig. SLGyuandro- as lon ?> sides nearl } r straight, angles obtuse ; 

 phthalma striatipennis. disc with an anterior and posterior transverse 

 sulcus, the latter interrupted in the middle, 

 impunctate ; a large greenish patch in the middle strongly pointed 

 at base, sides fulvous. Scutellum metallic green. Elytra strongly 

 and regularly punctate-striate, all the margins narrowly greenish. 

 Body beneath clothed with white pubescence. Femora in the 



