PLAGIODERA. 



G5 



Body convex. General colour of the head, pronotum, elytral 

 margin all round and underside, reddish-brown ; disc of elytra dark 

 brown with bronzy reflections. 



Head broader thau long - , surface slightly depressed in the 

 middle, scattered over with a few punctures, with a median longi- 

 tudinal line which meets two oblique lines, forming a A-shaped 

 figure ; eyes convex. Antennae short, hardly passing beyond the 

 pronotum ; the four b;isal segments shining, first stout, club- 

 shaped, second, third and fourth small and almost equal to each 

 other in length, fifth and sixth more thickened than the preceding 

 three and slightly pubescent, the next five segments form a 

 thickened and pubescent club which is piceous in colour. Pro- 

 thorax narrower than elytra at <he base ; nearly twice as broad as 



Fig. 21. — Plagiodera rufescens, Gryll. 



long, the front margin widely emarginate to fit the width of the 

 head, narrower than the posterior margin, sides widely rounded 

 aud oblique, basal margin uniformly and widely arched ; upper 

 surface sloping from base to front, smooth, shining and extremely 

 finely punctate when seen under a high power. Scuiellum 

 triangular, with surface brown, smooth and impuuctate. Elytra 

 convex, rounded ; anterior lateral angles rounded ; edge all round 

 with a margin which is broader at the base and narrower towards 

 the apex; humerus raised into a knob ; surface entirely and closely 

 covered with punctures which tend to be arranged in irregular 

 row T s ; the punctures vary in depth in the specimens before me ; 

 surface of the margin less punctate. Underside shining brown. 

 Length, 5 mm.; breadth, 4mm. 



India : Eatapani, Haldwani district, Kumaon, U.P., on 



YOL. II. F 



