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CHRYSOMELIN.E. 



along the post-basal transverse band the surface is depressed, the 

 depression containing strong punctures. Underside smooth, 

 generally imp unctate ; anterior coxal cavities open; prosternum 

 prominent, convex and triangularly cut at the posterior end ; claw- 

 segment of tarsi long, claws simple. 



Length, 7-8 1 mm. 



Nepal. 



Type and five other specimens in the British Museum. 



Genus PARALINA, Bcdy. 



Paralina, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (n. s.) t, 1859, p. 155 ; Chapuis, 

 Gen. Col. x, 1874, pp. 368, 377. 



GrEiTOTYPE, Chrysomela indica, Hope. 



Body elongate. Head : antennas slender, passing much beyond 

 the base of the pronotum, third segment three times longer than 



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Fig. 15. — Paralina indica, Hope. A, one-half of ventral view of abdomen 

 and epipleuron; o, outer, i, inner margin of epipleuron. B, side view of 

 apex of elytron showing the fringe of cilia arising from the inner margin 

 of the epipleuron and standing in a vertical plane. 



the second ; clypeus almost as long as broad, while in Eumela it 

 is almost a transverse streak; eyes not so narrow as in Eumela. 

 The apical segment of maxillary palpi truncate, and almost equal 

 to the preceding segment. Prothorax much narrower at the base 

 than the elytra, its surface not very convex. Elytra: surface 

 smooth, with four pairs of longitudinal rows of punctures ; inner 

 edge of epipleuron bearing a row of cilia-like bristles. Underside : 

 anterior end of metasternum bluntly pointed and passing much 

 beyond the intercoxal space between the middle legs ; anterior 

 coxal cavities open. 

 Range. India. 



There are only two species in the genus, both from India. 



