406 CHRYSOMELIDvE. 



716. Xanthophorus andrewesi, Jac. (Nephrella) Ann. Soc.Ent.Befy. 



xlvii, 1903, p. 100. 



Beneath blackish ; head, basal joints of antennae, thorax and 

 legs flavous ; elytra fuscous. 



Head finely and sparingly punctured and pubescent, vertex 

 sometimes obscure piceous ; clypeus not separated from the face, 

 anterior portion deflexed, margin concave at middle ; penultimate 

 joint of maxillary palpi incrassate ; antennae black, nearly as long 

 as the body, basal four joints flavous, third and following joints 

 elongate, equal. Thorax subquadrate, disc obliquely sulcate near 

 the base at each side, finely and sparingly punctured, clothed with 

 pale flavous hairs; near the anterior margin there is another 

 transverse obsolete depression. Elytra much wider at base than 

 the thorax, very finely and closely punctured, clothed with longish 

 pale hairs. Legs slender, unarmed. Prosternum very narrow. 



Length 3 mm. 



Hob. Southern India : Nilgiris. 



717. Xanthophorus balyi, Jac. (Nephrella) Ann. Soc. Ent. Selg. xlvii, 



1903, p. 101. 



Obscure fulvous or fuscous; apical joints of antennae black; 

 elytra with long grey pubescence. 



Oblong, rather broad. Head rather strongly and remotely 

 punctured ; clypeus subquadrate ; eyes oblong, slightly sinuate ; 

 antennae slender, black, basal four joints fulvous, third slightly 

 shorter than the fourth, apical two shorter than all the preceding 

 joints. Thorax about half as broad again as long, surface very 

 finely and closely punctured and finely pubescent, a transverse 

 sulcus near the base almost extending across the disc. Scutellum 

 finely punctured. Elytra punctured like the thorax, clothed with 

 rather long grey pubescence. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hob. Southern India : Nilgiris; Anaimalais. 



718. Xanthophorus pallidus. Jac. (Nephrella) Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 

 xlvii, 1903, p. 101. 



Pale fulvous ; apical joints of antennae piceous; elytra closely 

 pubescent. 



Head not perceptibly punctured, sparingly pubescent : antennae 

 long, pale fulvous, third joint only slightly longer than second, 

 shorter than fourth, terminal four rather thickened and shorter 

 than the intermediate joints. Thorax subquadrate, finely and 

 remotely punctured, disc obsoletely depressed anteriorly and 

 posteriorly at the sides. Elytra pale fulvous, more strongly 

 punctured than in most other species of the genus. 



Length 4 mm. 



ffab. Southern India : Nilgiris. 



The thorax in this species has no regular sulcus as usual, but 

 has obsolete depressions as in X. nigricollis. 



