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CHRYSOMELINiE. 



two green marks extending from the basal margin, one on each 

 side of the middle line, and a band along the basal margin ; on the 

 elytron the suture is deep blue-greeu, then there is a broad purple 

 band bounded longitudinally on each side by green, and blue or 

 green bands alternating with purple, these alternating bands 

 being of varying intensity. 



Head sparsely and finely punctate; clypeus bounded on the 

 upper side by a deeply impressed, transversely arched line, which 

 meets a tinely impressed vertical median line ; a large area at the 

 vertex is convex and so are the areas round the roots of the 

 antennae. The latter extend a little beyond the middle of the 

 elytra, the five basal segments less hairy, shining, those following 

 more thickened, pubescent, piceous and opaque; first segment 

 long and club-shaped, second, third, fourth and fifth each narrow 

 at the base and dilated at the apex, the second being shorter than 

 the third, as are also the fourth and fifth. Prothoraoc twice as 

 broad as long, front margin widely emarginate, sides gradually 

 rounded anteriorly, anterior angles rounded, posterior almost 

 equal to, or slightly greater than, right angles, basal margin gently 

 sinuate ; upper surface uniformly, finely and rather sparsely 

 punctate ; on each side is a convex longitudinal strip forming a 

 lateral border, delimited on the inner side by a few irregularly 

 placed, deep and confluent punctures; along the basal margin 

 there are more punctures, some of which are deeper. Scutellum 

 triangular, with the apex broadly rounded, surface smooth and 

 impunctate. Elytra hardly wider than the base of the prothorax, 

 their surface with rows of fine punctures, but the rows are not 

 regular enough nor well enough separated from one another to 

 enable them to be counted ; some of the punctures are fine while 

 others are deeper. Underside punctate, lateral areas of the 

 abdominal sternites sometimes rugose ; epipleuron of the elytra 

 broad at the base and considerably narrowed behind the middle, 

 but continued right to the apex, inner margin towards the apex 

 bearing a fine fringe of hairs ; tarsal claw s separated, simple ; 

 anterior coxal cavities open. 



Lengthy 8 mm.; breadth, 5 mm. 



N.W.Himalayas: Chamba ; Kashmir; Taru, Peshawar, iv. 

 1916, 6 examples {Fletcher, Pusa Coll.). 



Type of Chrysomela bella in the British Museum, that of 

 angelica Baly (nec Reiche) supposed to be in the Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta. 



The above description is taken from the specimen from Chamba 

 which was described by Jacoby as Chrysomela bella, a species 

 which in his opinion also occurs in China. See above, remarks 

 about the genus Synerga, p. 21. 



21. Chrysolina coromandeliana, sp. nov. 



Body elongate-oval. Colour bright metallic blue-green, 

 sometimes the green, and sometimes the blue, predominating; 

 the suture and a fairly broad longitudinal median band on each 



