170 CHllYSOMELIDjE. 



Var. e. Elytra with two transverse bands acd a subapical spot. 



Var./. Elytra with a single transverse line and a subapical 

 spot. 



One of the most variable species of the genus, but fairly ea e y of 

 recognition on account of the subcylindrical parallel-sided shape 

 and the strong elytral puncturation. Head pubescent in front of 

 the eyes, glabrous above and below the latter ; antennae black, the 

 basal three or four joints fulvous. Thorax rather long, about 

 one-third broader than long, the middle somewhat widened, the 

 posterior angles acute ; the disc impunctate, shining, with two 

 subtriangular broad and angulate black patches at the base more 

 or less divided anteriorly, in some occupying the entire disc. 

 Scutellum small and subelongate. Elytra moderately strongly 

 lobed at the sides below the shoulders, very closely and strongly 

 punctured, the interstices more, or less wrinkled ; in normally 

 coloured specimens with a short transverse band at the shoulders, 

 a larger band immediately behind the middle and a spot near the 

 apex. Underside and legs black. 



Length 4-6 mm. 



Hob. India ; Ceylon. 



DiapromorpTia qiiadrimaculata, Jac., is only a variety in which the 

 elytral subapical spot is wanting and the tibiae and tarsi are 

 fulvous. A rather common and widely distributed species in 

 India. 



294. Diapromorpha balteata, Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 236. 



Black ; elytra flavous or fulvous, a trans- 

 verse black band behind the middle. 



Subcylindrical, very slightly narrowed 

 posteriorly. Head clothed (the anterior 

 portion excepted) with fine grey pubescence ; 

 clypeus very moderately emarginate ; an- 

 tennae black, extending to about the middle 

 of the elytra, the basal four joints fulvous. 

 Thorax scarcely twice as broad as long, 

 narrowed anteriorly, the lateral margins 

 nearly straight, the disc subcylindrical ; the 

 Fig. 66. surface impunctate, black and shining. 



Diapromorpha balteata. Elytra finely punctured in very closely 

 placed irregular rows, their humeral lobe? 



very distinct ; fulvous, with a transverse black band behind the 

 middle, slightly curved and extended to either margin. Body 

 beneath clothed with grey pubescence. 

 Length 6-7 mm. 

 Hub. India : Madras. 



This species greatly resembles in its coloration Clytra succincta, 

 Lacord., but the produced humeral lobes and free pygidium will 

 prevent it from being mistaken for that insect. 



