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-commence on the base of the prothorax), and are usually, 

 but not always, conjoined close to the apex, they are situated 

 •on the third and seventh interstices, but partially extend on 

 to the adjacent ones; the upper portion of the two basal 

 joints of tarsi are pale along the middle, so that at first 

 glance the tarsi appear to be grooved there; on two specimens 

 the narrow prothoracic margins and the extreme margins 

 ■of the basal half of the elytra are infu seated. On three of the 

 specimens the seriate punctures on the elytra, owing to 

 "waterlogging," appear to be much larger than the}?- really 

 are, rounded and close together; but they are really neither 

 verv large nor close together. 



Ethomela, 11. g. 



Eyes transverse;, coarsely faceted. Antennae long, joints 

 more or less filiform. Apical joint of maxillary palpi conical, 

 slightly longer than the preceding joint. Epipleurae of 

 elytra narrow, feebly concave, disappearing before apex. 

 Inter-coxal process of prosternum narrow, not keeled in front, 

 base truncate, with the sides gently rounded; coxal cavities 

 closed. Lee/s not very long; claws unarmed. 



The species described below is quite an ordinary-looking 

 one, with an elongate-elliptic outline much as in Chrysomela, 

 Calomel a, and some species of Chalcolampra, and like the 

 species of those genera it is without the posthumeral depres- 

 sions so conspicuous on many of the subfamily ; but its 

 structural features forbid its being referred to any of the 

 three named. From Ghrysomela ('near which it should be 

 placed) it is distinguished by the non-securiform apical joint 

 of palpi, and truncate apex of inter-coxal process of proster- 

 num; from the others it is distinguished by the unarmed 

 claws; there is a feeble swelling at the base of each claw, 

 but it is not at all dentiform in character, and is seen with 

 •difficult}?', so that the claws should rightly be regarded a9 

 unarmed. The front coxal cavities are each closed behind 

 by a narrow ridge, obliquely cleft at its narrowest. In the 

 table of genera it is associated with Lampml'ma, with which, 

 in general appearance, it has little in common. 



Ethomela dectpiens, n. sp. 



Reddish-castaneous, appendages somewhat paler, anten- 

 nae lightly infuscated towards apex; elytra coppery-brown. 



Head with numerous rather small punctures; clvpeal 

 suture well denned. Prothora.r about thrice as wide as long, 

 sides evenly rounded and almost as wide at apex as at base ; 

 with numerous small scattered punctures, and some fairly 



