380 



CHRYSOMELIDJE. 



basal six joints fulvous, the third and the following three joints 

 slender, of nearly equal length. Thorax about twice as broad as 

 long, less broad in the mile, the sides straight, the angles acute, 

 the disc irregularly impressed with large and small punctures, the 

 sides nearly irn punctate, the base with a narrow impressed margin. 

 Elytra convex, scarcely broader at the base than the thorax, with- 

 out basal depression, the sides with a narrow reflexed margin, the 

 surface rather strongly punctate-striate, the punctures fine towards 

 the apex. Prosternum much broader than long, with a few fine 

 punctures. Underside of the tarsi fulvous ; femora with a distinct 

 tooth beneath and dilated at the middle. 



Length 24-3 mm. 



Sab. Burma : Bhamo (June) ; Karennee. 



672. Rhyparida bimaculata, Jac. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxvii, 

 1889, p. 174. 



Fulvous ; apices of femora, the tibiae and tarsi black. Elytra 

 with longitudinal black band. 



Head entirely impunctate ; the clypeus nearly square, separated 



Fig. 132. KJiifparida biuuiculata. 



from the face by a narrow transverse groove, its anterior edge 

 sinuate at the sides and middle ; labrum and palpi fulvous ; 

 mandibles black ; antennae nearly as long as the body, filiform, 

 fulvous, the terminal joint slightly darker, the third and following 

 joints slender, equal. Thorax more than twice as broad as long, 

 the sides strongly rounded near the base, narrowed towards the 

 front, the anterior angles with a small tubercle, the surface with 

 a few scarcely visible punctures or impunctate, fulvous. Scutellum 

 fulvous, broader than long. Elytra nearly parallel-sided, impressed 

 with regular but not verv deep stria? in which the punctures are 

 scarcely visible, except at the sides where they become more 

 distinct, the sixth and following striae are interrupted by the 

 humeral callus, the eighth and ninth being only half the length of 



