478 CHBYSOMELIDjE. 



broadly rounded, disc impunctate, nearly covered by two large 

 piceous patches. Elytra pale fulvous, longitudinally sulcate, sulci 

 with some fine punctures below the base, ninth and tenth sulci 

 abbreviated at each end and united, two outer and two inner 

 sulci curved at the base. Legs spotted with black ; anterior femora 

 with a short tooth. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hob. India. 



Distinguished by the piceous patches on the thorax and the 

 sculpture of the elytra. 



824. Tricliona marginata, sp. n. 



Flavous ; terminal joints of antennae and margins of elytra 

 narrowly black. 



Head entirely impunctate, with a short central groove ; clypeus 

 transverse, separated at the sides by very shallow grooves, 

 impunctate, anterior margin feebly concave ; labrum testaceous ; 

 mandibles black ; antenna? slender, black, extending to about the 

 middle of the elytra, basal three joints flavous, third and fourth 

 equal, fifth much longer ; the following joints of nearly similar 

 length. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long, sides rounded, 

 angles acute ; surface rather strongly and closely but irregularly 

 punctured, the punctures arranged in patches. Elytra flavous, 

 with the extreme margins deep black ; slightly wider than the 

 thorax, distinctly punctate-striate, the punctures very closely 

 placed in striae. Anterior femora dilated into a moderate tooth ; 

 first joint of tarsi rather long ; claws deeply bifid. Anterior margin 

 of the thoracic episternum strongly convex. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hab. Bombay : Belgaum. 



Belongs to those forms that have the elytral punctures placed 

 very close together in striae. ( 



825. Tricliona subdepressa, sp. n. 



c? . Testaceous. Head with a few very minute punctures ; 

 clypeus broadly subquadrate, very finely punctured; mandibles 

 broad and robust; antennae reaching to the middle of the elytra, 

 third and following joints slender and elongate, equal or nearly so. 

 Thorax twice as broad a's long, of equal width, sides evenly 

 rounded, surface rather flattened, sides but slightly deflexed ; 

 surface sparingly and very finely punctured, the punctures very 

 superficial. Elytra elongate, rather depressed, finely punctate- 

 striate ; punctures closely placed in striae, the punctures obsolete 

 towards the apex. Anterior femora rather strongly thickened, armed 

 beneath with a strong tooth. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hab. Southern India : Trichinopoly. Type in Coll. Jacoby. 



