﻿NEW 
  INJURIOUS 
  PHYTOPHAGA 
  FROM 
  INDIA 
  AND 
  BRAZIL. 
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  Head 
  slightly 
  transverse, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  punctures 
  near 
  eyes 
  ; 
  the 
  eyes 
  

   subglobose 
  and 
  flattened, 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  prominent, 
  and 
  the 
  head 
  not 
  contracted 
  behind 
  

   them 
  ; 
  transversely 
  impressed 
  between 
  the 
  eyes, 
  and 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  carina 
  between 
  

   the 
  insertions 
  of 
  the 
  antennae. 
  Antennae 
  approximate 
  and 
  filiform, 
  slightly 
  longer 
  

   in 
  ^ 
  than 
  in 
  $ 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  four 
  joints 
  and 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  5th 
  testaceous, 
  the 
  apical 
  

   joints 
  dark 
  ; 
  1st 
  joint 
  longer 
  than 
  2nd, 
  elongate 
  and 
  incurved 
  to 
  apex 
  ; 
  2nd 
  ovate 
  ; 
  

   3rd-7th 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  each 
  other, 
  but 
  each 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  2nd 
  ; 
  apical 
  joints 
  shorter 
  

   and 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  each 
  other, 
  with 
  the 
  last 
  joint 
  acuminate. 
  Prothorax 
  transverse, 
  

   strongly 
  punctured, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  sides 
  marginate, 
  constricted 
  

   from 
  the 
  middle 
  to 
  the 
  base, 
  anterior 
  angles 
  obtuse 
  ; 
  a 
  slight 
  transverse 
  impression 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle 
  near 
  base 
  not 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  sides. 
  Scutelliim 
  triangular, 
  impunctate. 
  

   Elytra 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  a 
  little 
  broader 
  than 
  prothorax, 
  elongate, 
  subparallel-sided, 
  

   rounded 
  at 
  apex, 
  strongly 
  punctate-striate, 
  shoulders 
  well 
  marked, 
  and 
  slightly 
  

   depressed 
  from 
  about 
  middle 
  to 
  base. 
  Legs 
  with 
  hind 
  femora 
  incrassate 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  tibiae 
  

   testaceous 
  and 
  broadening 
  to 
  apex, 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  with 
  spur 
  at 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   tarsi 
  with 
  the 
  4th 
  joint 
  much 
  inflated 
  and 
  the 
  claws 
  appendiculate. 
  Venter 
  with 
  

   segment 
  1 
  large 
  ; 
  2, 
  3, 
  4 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  each 
  other, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  together 
  than 
  1 
  ; 
  

   5 
  in 
  the 
  $ 
  slightly 
  notched, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  segments 
  slightly 
  narrower 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  $. 
  

  

  Nyasaland 
  : 
  Luchenza, 
  on 
  cotton, 
  iv.1916 
  (C. 
  Mason). 
  N.W. 
  Rhodesia: 
  

   Livingstone, 
  Zambesi 
  River, 
  29.L1913 
  (H. 
  C. 
  Dollman). 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  subfamily 
  Monoplatixae 
  to 
  be 
  recorded 
  from 
  

   Africa, 
  the 
  others 
  being 
  almost 
  exclusively 
  South 
  American, 
  but 
  Blackburn 
  in 
  1896 
  

   described 
  an 
  Australian 
  genus, 
  Opisthopygme. 
  

  

  