30 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



the thorax, parallel, rather strongly punctured, the punctures arranged irregularly in ill- 

 denned longitudinal rows, which, on the inner disc below the middle, approximate in pairs ; 

 interspaces plane, sparingly and very minutely punctured on the anterior disc, rugulose on 

 the outer one below the humeral callus. Basal joint of anterior tarsus dilated, subcordate. 

 Sab. Murree. 



12. HALTICA CCERULESCENS. 



Haltica ccerulescens, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 190. 



Sab. Murree ; also China and Japan. 



13. HALTICA VIRIDICYANEA. 



Haltica viridicyanea, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 191. 



Sab. Sind Valley, apparently common. I possess this species from Japan ; it is prob- 

 ably found in the intermediate localities. 



14. ENNEAMERA VARIABILIS. 



Nonarthra varialilis, Baly, Journ. of Entom, i, p. 456, tab. 21, fig. 1. 



Sab. Murree. This species is also found in Northern India. 



CHARCEA, n. gen. 



Baly, Cist. Ent. ii, 187582, p. 376. 



Corpus elongato-ovatum. Caput exsertum, facie perpendiculari ; oculis rotundatis 

 integris, prominentibus ; encarpis tranversis, contiguis ; carina oblonyo-elongatd, apice, 

 acutd ; antennis filiformibus. Thorax transversus, dorso modice convexus. Elytra thorace 

 latiora, confuse punctata, limbo inflexo fere ad apicem extenso. Pedes, femoribus posticis 

 non incrassatis ; tibiis simplicibus, apice spind acutd armatis ; tarsis posticis articulo basali 

 sequentibus tribus long itudine fere cequanti, unguiculis appendiculatis. Prosternum angustum, 

 wzisfere cequialtum ; acetabulis anticis apertis. 



This genus at first sight bears in its facies a strong resemblance to Aphthora, but the 

 slender hinder thighs at once separate it and place it amongst the Gallerucinse. 



15. CHARO3A FLAVIVENTRIS. 

 Baly, Cist. Ent. ii, 187582, p. 376. 



Elongato-ovata, convexa, subtus picea, aeneotincta, abdomine flavo ; supra viridi-cyanca^ 

 antennis nigris ; thorace lateribus rotundatis, disco lavi, modice convexo ; elytris tenuiter 

 confuse punctatis. 



Long. 1^ lin. 



Vertex and front shining, impunctate ; encarpge transverse, contiguous ; antennse half the 

 length of the body, second and third joints equal, the fourth nearly twice the length of 



