280 CHRYSOMELID^E. 



Genus HYMETES. 

 Hymetes, Lacord. Man. Phytopli. ii, 1848, p. 861. 



Type, H . javana, Lacord., from Java. 



Range. India; Java. 



Characters mostly those of Chlamys. The differences are as 

 follows : Antennae slender, distinctly dentate from the seventh 

 joint outwards ; third, fourth, and fifth joints equal, elongate, 

 cylindrical, sixth trigonal, following joints transverse. Thorax 

 convex, obsoletely longitudinally carinate. Scutellum large, 

 posterior margin with two long teeth. Prosternum dilated 

 anteriorly ; metasternum produced into a small tubercle ante- 

 riorly. Tarsi robust. A single species is known from India. 



482. Hymetes indica, Chapuis, Gen. Coleopt. x, 1874, p. 205, note. 



. " Eeddish-brown, elytral tubercles obscure black. 



" Subquadrately elongate. Thorax at sides rugosely punctured, 

 elevated and gibbous, the elevation subglobose, canaliculate at 

 middle, posteriorly bicarinate, each ridge divided anteriorly into 

 three ridges. Elytra punctate, subcariuate and tuberculate ; two 

 tubercles at middle strongly raised, two others posteriorly, small. 



" Length 67 mm. 



" Hob. India." (Chapuis.} 



The above is the brief description given by Chapuis ; I have 

 not seen any specimen of this species, nor is the exact locality of 

 its " habitat " known. 



Division CYCLICA. 

 Key to the Subfamilies. 



A. Last joint of tarsi deeply bilobed. 



a. Thorax as wide as elytra at base : legs 

 compressed ; abdomen grooved for 

 reception of legs Lamprosomincr. 



I. Thorax generally narrower than elytra 

 at base ; legs not compressed ; abdo- 

 men not grooved for reception of legs. Eumolpince. 



B. Last joint of tarsi not bilobed, entire .... Chrysomelince. 



Subfamily I. LAMPROSOMIN^E. 



Short and very convex. Head deeply inserted in thorax ; eyes 

 well separated, feebly emarginate. Antenna? short, robust, first 

 joint elongate, slightly curved, second half the length of the first, 

 ovate, third to sixth joints cylindrical, seventh larger, triangular, 

 eighth much smaller, subcylindrical, the rest transversely widened. 

 Thorax transverse, closely fitted to elytra and nearly as broad at 

 base, strongly narrowed towards apex, sides nearly straight, 

 surface evenly and generally convex. Scutellum small, triangular. 



