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CTTRYSOMELINiE. 



thickened, second segment small, nearly half the length of the 

 third, fourth, fifth, and sixth, which are almost equal one to the 

 other, each of them, shorter than the third, the next five segments 

 similar but very slightly thicker, the last pointed. Prothorax 

 broader than long, front margin almost straight, sides and basal 

 margin also straight, anterior angles slightly drawn forwards and 

 rounded, posterior angles right angles ; upper surface gently 

 convex from side to side, fairly closely and finely punctate. 

 Scutellum broadly triangular, smooth, im punctate. Elytra not 

 broader at the base than the prothorax, but, immediately behind 

 the base, broadened, attaining their greatest width about the 

 middle, then narrowing towards the apex; smooth, shining, 

 confusedly and thickly covered with very fine punctures. Under- 

 side smooth, shining, very sparsely and finely punctate. 



Length, 1\ mm. ; breadth, 5 mm. ; length of antenna, 5 mm. 



PoNDICHERRY. 



Type in the British Museum ; described from one example. 



5. Chrysolina carinata, Jacoby. 



Chrysomela carinata, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvii, 1903, p. 94. 



Apterous. Colour metallic greenish or aeneous, antennas black, 

 elytra obscure cupreous, opaque. 



Head almost impunctate. Antennae rather slender, more than 

 half the length of the insect, the third and terminal segments 

 longest, the fourth and following segments of equal length, the 

 second about half the length of the third. Prothorax twice as 

 broad as long; sides very feebly rounded, with a longitudinal, 

 strongly convex area, bounded inwardly by a deep longitudinal 

 furrow, the convex area sparsely impressed with a few punctures; 

 the disc convex from side to side and impunctate, except for one or 

 two stray punctures ; anterior angles acute and rounded, posterior 

 almost right angles. Scutellum greenish, impunctate. Elytra 

 almost as broad at the base as the prothorax, then widened and 

 pointed at the apex; each elytron with a scutellar row, a single 

 sutural row and four imperfectly arranged double rows of deep 

 punctures, the latter in each row not closely placed. In the male 

 the intervals are more feebly raised, the elytra dull coppery, and 

 the first segment of the anterior tarsi broader. In the female 

 the colour may be more lustrous, along the suture especially ; the 

 intervals between the elytral rows are more strongly costate, 

 the one between the first and second rows of punctures, near 

 the suture, is broad, the other four are more sharply raised, the 

 third and fourth costse reuniting below the middle. Underside 

 finely and rather closely punctate, shining. 



Length, S 7-8 mm., $ 9 mm. 



[Nilgiri Hills. 



Type in the British Museum. 



