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CHBYSOMELID^. 



Bather broad and short. Head distinctly punctured between 

 eyes; clypeus, labrum and palpi 

 flavous ; antennae extending to 

 middle of thorax in the female, 

 to the base in the male, basal 

 joint flavous, following four 

 dark fulvous, sixth and following 

 joints transversely wideued, short. 

 Thorax twice as broad as long, 

 extreme basal margin black, sur- 

 face extremely finely punctured. 

 Elytra slightly narrowed pos- 

 teriorly, oblong-ovate, very finely 

 punctate-striate, the humeral spot 

 broadly elongate, the margins 



narrowly black. Pygidium and last abdominal segment fulvous. 



Legs short and robust. Prosternum widened posteriorly, flavous, 



its posterior margin concave. 

 Length 3 mm. 

 Hob. Assam: Patkai Mts. (Coll. Brit. Mus.). 



Fig. 105. Melixanthus assamcnsis. 



464. Melixanthus humeralis, sp. n. 



Pale flavous ; head and terminal joints of antennae nearly black ; 

 elytra with a humeral spot and the margins nearly black. 



Narrow and subcylindrical. Head with a few minute punctures 

 at vertex, lower portion more strongly punctured ; eyes feebly 

 emarginate at middle ; antennas extending to base of thorax, 

 apical four joiuts piceous, basal joint elongate, third, fourth, and 

 fifth equal, terminal joints thickened. Thorax about twice as 

 broad as long, sides straight at base, narrowed in front; surface 

 extremely minutely and closely punctured, the punctures only 

 visible under a strong lens. Scutellum black. Elytra very finely 

 punctate-striate at base only, punctures obsolete behind the middle, 

 all the margins very narrowly black, the shoulders with a black 

 spot. Femora robust. Prosternum longer than broad, impunctate, 

 the lateral margins raised. 



Length 2 mm. 



Hdb. Nilgiris. Type in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 



465. Melixanthus malabarensis, sp. n. 



Pale fulvous ; head of male black : posterior edge of thorax, 

 suture and breast obscure piceous. 



Narrow and subcylindrical. Head finely granulate; antennae 

 flavous, second and following two joints very small, rest strongly 

 widened. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, sides but little 

 deflexed ; surface very closely and strongly punctured, two oblique 



