376 Mr. Baly's descriptions of 



the thorax, parallel, rather strongly punctured, the punctures 

 arranged irregularly in ill defined 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. 



12. Haltica ccerulescens. 



Ilaltica cci'vulescens, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 190. 

 Hab. Murree ; also China and Japan. 



13. Haltica viridicyanea. 



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

 Hab. Sind Valley, apparently common ; "I possess this species 

 from Japan, it is probably found in the intermediate locaUties. 



14. Enneamera variabilis. 



Nonartlira variabilis, Baly, Journ. of Entom. i, p. 4.5(), tab. 

 21. fig. 1. 



llab. Murree ; this species is also found in Northern India. 



CHAI7.EA, n. gen. 



Corpvs elongato-ovatum. Caput exsertum, facie perpen- 

 diculari ; oculis rotundatis, . integris, prominentibus ; encarpis 

 tranversis, coutiguis ; carina oblongo-elongata, apice acuta ; 

 antennis filiformibus. Thorax transversus, dorso modice con- 

 vexus. Elytra thorace latiora, confuse punctata, limbo infiexo 

 fere ad apicem extenso. Pedes; feinoiibvs posticis non incras- 

 satis ; tibiis simplicibus, apice spina acuta armatis ; tarsis posticis 

 articulo basali sequentibus tribus longitudine fere sequanti, 

 iinfjuiculis appeudiculatis. Prosternum angustum, coxis fere 

 ajquialtum ; acetabidis anticis apertis. 



This genus at first sight bears in its facies a strong resem- 

 blance to Aphthora, but the slender hinder thighs at once 

 separate it and place it amongst the Gallcrncino'. 



15. Chara'a flaviventre, n. sp. 



Elougato-ovata, convexa, subtus picea,- a^neo tiucta, abdomine 

 llavo ; supra viridi-cyauea, antennis nigris ; thorace lateribus 



