120 CHRYSOMELIDvE. 



middle and tibize at apex greenish ; tarsi rather slender, first joint 

 twice as long as the second. 



$. e Larger, central patch of thorax wider and subquadrate ; 

 elytra' entirely greenish or blue, puncturation much finer. 



Length 3-4 mm. 



Hab. Nilgiris. 



Well separated from any of its allies by the bisulcate thorax 

 and system of coloration. 



215. Gynandrophthalma imitans, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvii, 

 1903, p. 84. 



Flavous ; vertex of head, antennae, breast and tarsi black ; thorax 

 with a very large medial black spot ; elytra 

 flavous, narrowly margined with black. 



Head black, impunctate, very shining, 

 lower portion and labrum flavous, 

 upper portion convex, a small fovea 

 between the eyes ; antennae with the 

 basal three joints flavous, fourth and 

 following strongly transverse. Thorax 

 more than twice as broad as long, sides 

 nearly straight, slightly narrowed towards 

 the apex, surface impunctate, median lobe 

 scarcely indicated. Scutellum very broad, 

 black, apex raised and pointed. Elytra 



T row a i d pfi!!? 1 ', sutur i narrow1 /' 



sides more broadly black ; epipleurae ot the 

 flavous ground-colour. Legs flavous, apex of tibiae and the tarsi 

 black, latter slightly elongate, anterior legs longer than the 

 others. 



Letigth 3 mm. 



Hab. Nilgiris. 



Smaller than G. striatipennis, thorax without sulci, elytra 

 irregularly punctured. 



Elytra pale, posterior portion more or less black or Hue. 



216. Gynandrophthalma terminalis, Lefcv. Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 

 1883, p. cxii. 



Rufo-testaceous ; antennae and legs fuscous ; elytra with a large 

 posterior patch that extends to the apices black. 



" Subelongate, ovate, convex, clothed with grey pubescence 

 beneath, above shining. Thorax smooth. Elytra 'scarcely per- 

 ceptibly punctured. 



Length 4.^-6 mm. 



Hab. Eamnad, India.'' 



The above brief description is all that the author has given. 



