148 CHBYSOMELID^E. 



lobed at sides. Legs slender and elongate ; tarsi feeble, sub- 

 cylindrical, first joint as long as the following two united, claw- 

 joint long and slender. 



Can be distinguished from any other genus by the pubescence 

 that covers the entire upper surface. Only a few species are 

 known. 



260. Pantocometis hirsuta, Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 366. 



Flavo-testaceous ; elytra with a broad black baud behind the 

 middle, widened externally. 



$ . Oblong, feebly widened posteriorly. Head small, finely 

 rugose ; clypeus nearly truncate at outer edge ; eyes rather large, 

 entire ; antennae comparatively robust, slightly longer than the 

 thorax, fuscous except at base. Thorax more than twice as 

 broad as long, sides straight, posterior angles rounded, surface 

 entirely impunctate. Scutellum large. Elytra feebly lobed at 

 the sides, very finely punctured, clothed like the head and thorax 

 with pale pubescence, mixed with longer black hairs, a black band 

 near the apex extending to the sides where it widens. Legs 

 moderately elongate, tarsi slender. Male unknown. 



Length 5 rnm. 



Hob. Southern India : Pondicherry. 



261. Pantocometis subfasciata, sp. n. 



Pale fulvous ; terminal joints of antennae black ; elytra with a 



large subquadrate spot at the shoulders and a transverse band near 



apex, black. 



Subelongate ; entirely covered with long erect pubescence. Head 



with deep depression between the eyes, upper portion clothed with 

 long black hairs, lower portion shining; 

 margin of clypeus nearly straight ; an- 

 tennae extending to base of thorax, basal 

 three joints fulvous, rest black, third joint 

 extremely small, fourth and following 

 strongly transversely widened. Thorax 

 twice as broad as long, sides feebly 

 rounded, median lobe rather strongly 

 produced, surface closely punctured. 

 Scutellum elongate triangular. Elytra 

 punctured, strongly lobed at the sides ; 

 the humeral spot extending downwards 



Pantocometis subfasciata. nearly to the middle, narrowed at the 

 inner angle, not reaching to the suture : 



subapical spot transverse, not quite extending to either margin, 



both these markings bluish-black. Underside and legs pale, tarsi 



short. 



Length 4| mm. 



Hob. Southern India (Brit, Mus.). 



