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CHEYSOMELID.E. 



first, third and following four joints each nearly twice the length 

 of the second, rest shorter ; eyes prominent, entire. Thorax sub- 

 cylindrical, lateral borders obsolete. Elytra much broader than 

 the thorax, surface deeply punctured, covered with adpressed 

 scales, mixed sparingly with some rigid erect hairs. Legs sub- 

 elongate ; femora \vith a stout tooth ; claws bifid. Prosternurn. 

 narrowly oblong or subquadrate. 



This genus scarcely differs from Neculla, Baly ; the only 

 difference seems to be the more elongate legs, although Baly gives 

 the sides of the thorax entirely without the trace of a margin ; a 

 distinct indication of a ridge is present in a specimen in my 

 collection named by Baly himself. 



749. Leprotes kanaraensis, Jac. Ann. Ent. Soc. Belg. xxxix, 1895, 

 p. 270. 



Black, finely pubescent. Head rugose-punctate, with medial 

 longitudinal groove ; clypeus separated from face by a shallow 

 transverse groove, sculptured like the head but the punctures finer, 

 anterior border feebly emarginate ; labrum fulvous ; antennae 

 black, not extending much further than the base of the elytra, 

 basal three joints more or less fulvous, third joint but slightly 

 longer than the second, terminal joints shorter and thicker. 



Fig. 150. Leprotes kanartsnsis. 



Thorax subcylinclrical, scarcely broader than long, lateral margins 

 obsolete except near the base, surface finely rugose-punctate, some- 

 times with a fine medial smooth line, interstices more or less finely 

 pubescent (rubbed specimens are entirely smooth). Elytra much 

 wider than the thorax, convex, subquadrately oblong, twice as 

 strongly punctured as the thorax, shoulders very acute ; surface 

 clothed with very short yellowish pubescence. Legs rather long 



