470 CHRTSOMELID^. 



810. Tricliona semivlttata, Baly (Nodostoma) Descr. new gen. $ 

 sp. Pnytopn. 1864, p. 13. 



Fulvous ; apical joints of antennae, posterior femora and body 

 beneath more or less piceous ; elytra with a piceous longitudinal 

 band from base to behind the middle. 



Elongate. Head impunctate, with a short, central, longitudinal 

 groove ; clypeus distinctly separated from the face, broad, wedge- 

 shaped, with rounded sides, finely punctured and granulate ; 

 antennae with the basal four joints pale fulvous, rest piceous, 

 slender, second joint nearly as long as the third. Thorax about 

 half as broad again as long, slightly narrowed in front, sides 



Fig. 163. Tricliona scmivittata. 



feebly rounded, surface finely and rather closely punctured, 

 punctures somewhat elongate. Elytra deeply and closely punctate- 

 striate, sides below the shoulders irregularly punctured ; the piceous 

 band on each elytron placed between the third and seventh rows 

 of punctures. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hob. Southern India. 



More elongate than T. bifasciata, Lefev., the elytra much more 

 strongly punctured, the stripe less elongate, the thorax without a 

 black spot. Baly has placed this species iu Nodostoma, from which 

 genus it is clearly separated by the convex anterior margin of the 

 thoracic episternum and strongly dentate anterior femora. 



811. Tricliona puncticeps, Duviv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxv, 1891 

 p. xli. 



Eulvous ; antennae paler, thorax darker, reddish-brown. 



Head rugosely punctured, longitudinally grooved in front ; 

 palpi testaceous; eyes large, deeply emarginate, rather closely 

 approximate; antennae filiform, extending to slightly below the base 

 of the thorax, basal joint thickened, third half as long again as the 

 second, following joints slightly thickened. Thorax transverse, 

 sides regularly rounded, very deeply and densely punctured 

 throughout, anterior and posterior angles pointed, the latter 

 somewhat dentate. Elytra subparallel, narrowed towards the 



