4o8 C. A. Paiva : Notes on Chrysomelidce. [Voiv. II, 1908.] 



" Angusfe ovata, subtus cum capite picea, pedtbus, antenna- 

 rumque bast pallidus ; supra cuprea, thorace sub-conico, vage punc- 

 tato ; elytris regulariter punctato-striatis , inter spatiis planis, impunc- 

 tatis." 



"Long. li lin." 



' ' Vertex swollen, shining, impunctate ; clypeus transverse, 

 its anterior border emarginate ; antennae, rather more than half 

 the length of the body, piceous, the two lower joints paler. Thorax 

 broader than long at the base ; sides straight and obliquely con- 

 verging from base to apex, the hinder angles very acute ; basal 

 margin oblique on either side, the median lobe obtusely rounded ; 

 disc sub-cylindrical, impressed, but not closely, with very shallow 

 punctures. Elytra ovate, attenuated at the apex, regularly punc- 

 tate-striate, the interspaces plane, each impressed with an irregu- 

 lar row of minute punctures ; humeral callus thickened." 



" Hab.—Jhelam Valley." (Baly.) 



The collection contains a specimen of the above species, 

 named by Baly, from the Jhelum Valley. It is not in very good 

 condition, having one elytron missing. 



Corynodes bengalensis ^ Duviv. 



Duvivier, Bull. Soc. Entom. Belgique, xxxiv, 1890, p. cxliii. 



The short diagnosis of this species is given below. A more 

 detailed description in French, comprising about three-quarters 

 of a page will be found in the above work, p. cxliv. 



''Oblong, convexe, entierement d'un vert brillant melange de 

 pourpre et de violet. Antenne noires a reflets violaces avec la base 

 brune. Massue de cinq articles. Tete et elytres densement ponctuees 

 ces dernier es d ponctuation subseriale. Corselet a ponctuation Sparse. 

 Crochets des t arses appendicules." 



" lyong, 10 mill, — Tetara (Mission du Bengale occidental)." 

 (Duvivier.) 



There are two specimens in the collection. One from Mandar, 

 Bengal, was returned named by Jacoby, Clavareau having com- 

 pared it with the " type," and the other without a locality was 

 named by the Paris Museum. 



