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  S. 
  MAULIK. 
  

  

  joints 
  and 
  more 
  slender 
  basal 
  ones. 
  Prothorax 
  shining, 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  slightly 
  

   narrower 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  than 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  elytra; 
  the 
  anterior 
  angles 
  are 
  ill-defined, 
  

   owing 
  to 
  the 
  frontal 
  lobe, 
  the 
  posterior 
  acute 
  and 
  produced 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  are 
  undulated. 
  

   The 
  upper 
  surface 
  is 
  convex 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  a 
  deep 
  depression, 
  

   and 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  others 
  at 
  each 
  side, 
  a 
  small 
  one 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  frontal 
  lobe 
  and 
  a 
  

   larger 
  one 
  posterior 
  to 
  it 
  ; 
  in 
  these 
  depressions 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  punctures. 
  The 
  frontal 
  

   lobe 
  is 
  semi- 
  elliptical 
  in 
  shape, 
  hollowed, 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  longitudinal 
  ridge 
  ; 
  the 
  

   front 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  lobe 
  varies, 
  being 
  sometimes 
  rounded 
  and 
  sometimes 
  more 
  pointed 
  ; 
  

   its 
  surface 
  is 
  semi-transparent, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  indistinct 
  large 
  punctures. 
  Behind 
  the 
  

   lobe 
  the 
  surface 
  is 
  uneven, 
  being 
  slightly 
  depressed 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  sloping 
  

   posteriorly. 
  Scutellum 
  small, 
  inconspicuous, 
  deeply 
  sunk 
  in 
  a 
  hollow. 
  Elytra 
  

   punctate-striate, 
  each 
  with 
  three 
  costae 
  terminating 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  where 
  the 
  surface 
  

   slopes 
  down 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  being 
  slightly 
  expanded. 
  Between 
  

  

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  Fig. 
  1. 
  Goelasnomenodera 
  elaeidis, 
  

   Maulik, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  the 
  suture 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  costa 
  there 
  are 
  three 
  rows 
  of 
  punctures, 
  between 
  the 
  first 
  

   and 
  second 
  costae 
  two, 
  between 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  two, 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  third 
  

   and 
  the 
  lateral 
  margin 
  three 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  are 
  coarse 
  and 
  deep. 
  Underside 
  

   uniformly 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  less 
  shining 
  than 
  the 
  upper 
  side. 
  The 
  tibiae 
  are 
  short 
  ; 
  

   the 
  mid 
  and 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  are 
  almost 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  broader 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  basal 
  joints 
  are 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  following 
  

   ones 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  tarsi 
  are 
  as 
  broad 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  so 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  joints 
  

   are 
  equal 
  in 
  breadth. 
  The 
  venter 
  is 
  slightly 
  hairy. 
  

  

  Length, 
  4'75-5*75 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  11 
  examples. 
  

  

  