CHRYSOLINA, 



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Shevaroy, Madras, 4000-5000 ft., viii. 1907, 14-22. x. 1912 

 (Fletcher). Coorg, Pollibetta, 24. x-16. xi. 1915, on Lantana 

 (Fletcher). Gudalur, Nilgiri Hills 12. ix. 1917 (Naganath). 

 Castle Eock, Kanara, 1900 ft., 8.ix.l918. Igatpuri, 2000 ft., 

 iii. 1908 (D. Nowrojee). Belgaum, 2000 ft., iv. 1908 (D. Noivrojee). 

 All the last six records are from the Pusa Collection, which 

 contains 15 specimens in all. This seems to be a predominantly, 

 if not exclusively, South Indian species. 



14. Chrysolina ccelestina, Baly. 



Crosita ccelestina, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1879, p. 193 ; 

 Marseul, Abeille, xxi, 1883, p. 104 ; Weise, Wien. Ent. Zeit. 

 xiii, 1894, p. 154. 



Body elongate, subparallel. Upper side shining deep blue or 

 violet, underside black mixed with blue. 



Head broad, sparsely but distinctly punctate, punctures on the 

 vertex finer than those on the clypeus, the latter depressed. 



Fig. 10. — Chrysolina coelestina, Baly. 



Antennas slender, less than half the length of the beetle, the six 

 basal segments shining, the next five slightly thickened and 

 opaque ; first segment thickened, second small, almost half the 

 length of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth almost equal to each 

 other, each being shorter than the third, the rest of the segments 

 equal to each other, the last being a little more elongate and 

 pointed. Prothorax a little broader than long, front margin 



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