272 CHRYSOMEUD^E. 



468. Chlamys pallifrons, Jac. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 68. 



Brownish-black ; basal joint of antennae testaceous ; lower part 

 of face flavous ; thorax spotted with fulvous in front and at base. 



Head closely granulate- punctate ; antennae with two or three 

 basal joints testaceous, rest black. Thorax strongly raised into an 

 undivided hump, extremely closely and finely granulate-punctate ; 

 hinder portion of elevation as well as some indistinct spots 

 anteriorly, fulvous ; a more distinct fulvous spot at each side of 

 elevation. Scutellum transverse. Elytra slightly constricted at 

 middle, more strongly punctured than thorax, each elytron with 

 an indistinct ridge from middle of base to apex joined to a shorter 

 ridge that commences at the shoulders ; subsutural ridge connected 

 with suture at middle by a short transverse tubercle that ends 

 near apex in a more strongly raised longitudinal tubercle, three 

 other small elevations are within the elytral constriction at sides ; 

 suture dentate throughout. Base of femora obscure fulvous. 



Length 2 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon. 



Eesembles C. spilota, Baly, but is only half the size. The 

 thorax in spilota is more finely punctured, the tubercles on the 

 elytra are much less distinctly raised, and the interstices more 

 finely punctured. 



469. Chlamys orientalis, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bdg. 1895, p. 269. 



Obscure fulvous ; head and thorax paler, the latter with darker 

 spots at top and base ; elevations of elytra obscure piceous ; legs 

 spotted. 



Parallel-sided and subcylindrical in shape. Head deeply and 

 closely punctured and rugose ; eyes deeply notched ; vertex with 

 short longitudinal groove ; antennae flavous, extending to middle 

 of thorax, terminal six joints strongly dilated. Thorax abruptly 

 raised at middle, the disc canaliculate, with a tubercle at each 

 side of the channel that extends downwards to the base ; sides of 

 thorax with numerous more or less distinct but rounded tubercles, 

 interstices closely punctured ; median lobe of posterior margin 

 bidentate. Elytra dark brown, furnished like the thorax with 

 numerous tubercles : one at shoulders, one at middle of basal 

 margin, one below scutelluni near suture, two at sides behind the 

 middle, and three large conical tubercles near a,pex. Pygidium 

 deeply punctured, the punctures piceous ; underside similarly 

 punctured ; femora with a small spot at middle. 



Length 3-4 mm. 



Hab. Southern Bombay : Kanara. 



Rather variable in regard to the amount of flavous and fulvous 

 colouring, but the front portion of thorax always paler; the 

 species is easy to distinguish on account of this coloration, and 

 the more isolated and numerous elytral tubercles. 



