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CHR YSOMELIISTjE . 



shallowlv emarginate, the sides gently convex from base to apex, 

 basal margin as a whole slightly sinuate, anterior angles rounded, 

 posterior obtuse ; surface gently convex from side to side, 

 uniformly and more or less closely punctate with the same kind 

 of fine punctures throughout ; each side has a longitudinal, 

 prominently raised strip which is bounded internally by a deep, 

 sharp channel. Seutellum triangular, small, with surface punctate. 

 Elytra broader at the base than the prothornx, basal margin 

 thickened; surface confusedly and closely punctate, on each 

 elytron, however, the following rows can be recognized, though 

 the punctuation on the interspaces renders the longitudinal striae 

 indistinct : a short scutellar row, a sutural series, then four pairs 

 of series ; the punctures forming the pairs of series, particularly 

 those on the basal and middle areas, are stronger. Underside 

 sparsely and moderately strongly punctate. In the male the 

 tarsal segments of the anterior legs are more dilated than those 

 of the female, and all the tarsi except the posterior pair have the 

 felt covering intact ; in the female the anterior tarsal segments 

 are smaller and the felt covering of the segments is imperfect, 

 only represented by a bristly fringe, leaving the central area 

 smooth and shining. 



Len</th, 8-10 mm. ; breadth, 4-5 mm. 



N.W. Himalayas. Peshawar (E. Y. Watson). Nairn Tal, 

 May -June. Dehra Dun, 29. iii. 22 (S. JSf. Chatterjee). Simla, 

 viii. 1909, 3 examples (Pusa Coll.). W. Almora, Kumaon, U.P., 

 viii. 1909 (H. G. Champion). Lnnsdowne Division, U.P. (F. W. 

 Champion). Kangra Valley, 4500 ft., vii-x. 1899 (Dudgeon). All 

 the last three records from Coll. Champion. Baly records it 

 also from Northern China and Persia. 



Type in the British Museum. 



In ' Coleopterorum Catalogus,' pari, 68, p. 82 (1916) Weise 

 places this species as a synonym of Chrysomela mutabilis, Hope. 

 I have seen the types of this latter insect and of Baly's Crosita 

 caelestina, which are in the British Museum. Hope's insect is a 

 Galerucid and Baly's is a true Chrysolina. 



15. Chrysolina ccerulipes, Harold. 



Chrysomela cwndipes, Gemminger and Harold, Cat. Col. xi, 1874, 

 p. 3417. 



Chrysomela orientalis, Wiedemann (nec Olivier), Zool. May-, i, 3, 

 1819, p. 179. 



Chrysomela pascoei, Maxwell-Lefroy, Indian Insect Life, 1909, 

 p. 360* 



Body elongate, broad, large. Black with eeneous sheen, head 

 with a green tinge, underside and seutellum blue. 



Head broad, moderately closely and distinctly punctate ; clypeus 

 depressed and separated by a deep curved line, the longitudinal 



* Maxwell-Lefroy cites tbis as C. pascoei, Jac, but as far as I am able to 

 find out, pascoei is a manuscript name proposed not by Jacoby but by Baly. 



