CHRYSOLINA. 37 



This is a very variable species. Though I have not seen the 

 type of inconstans, I cannot, from the description, distinguish it 

 from bonvouloiri. Weise (Coll. Cat., part 68, 1916, pp. 61, 76) 

 catalogues the two as distinct species, but places democratica as a 

 synonym of inconstans, and I follow him in this latter finding. 



17. Chrysolina conglomerata, sp. nov. 



Body elongate, oval. Head and pronotum blue, with or 

 without a brassy tinge, scutellum sharing the colour of the 

 pronotum, elytra shining brown, underside brown in some parts 

 and blue in others, or in some cases almost entirely dark blue. 



Fig. 12. — Chrysolina conglomerata, Maulik. 



Head sparsely and finely punctate, clypeus triangular, depressed, 

 median longitudinal line finely, in some cases faintly, impressed. 

 Antennas slender, less than two-thirds the length of the body ; 

 first segment thickened, second shorter than third, fourth, fifth 

 and sixth each shorter than third, the next segment slightly 

 thickened, opaque and pubescent. Prothorax broader than long, 

 front margin emarginate, sides almost straight, slightly narrowed 

 anteriorly, basal margin almost straight from the middle to the 

 side, anterior angles acute and rounded, posterior almost right 

 angles ; middle area only slightly convex, sides with hardly any 

 longitudinal depression ; surface with punctures of various sizes 



