PHYTODECTA. 



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Head broad, with the upper surface closely punctate and with 

 the arms of the Y-shaped mark straight. Antennae short, hardly 

 passing beyond the base of the pronoturn ; first segment long, 

 thickened and club-shaped, second small and rounded, third elon- 

 gate, longer than fourth, fifth and sixth smaller and stouter, the 

 seventh to the eleventh gradually thicker; the whole antennae 

 sparsely covered with fine hairs. Proiliorax broader than long, 

 gently convex from side to side, front margin emarginate, basal 

 margin almost straight, sides almost straight from the base to the 

 middle and thence curved in towards the anterior angles, which 

 are rounded, the posterior being almost right angles ; upper 

 surface closely punctate, with a fine impunctate longitudinal line 

 along the middle. Scutellum broad, smooth, shining, impunctate. 

 Elytra as broad at the base as the prothorax, slightly widening 

 behind; the upper surface is much smoother than in Ph. mani- 

 puria and the punctures are more regularly arranged than those 

 of any other species from our region ; they are more or less 

 arranged in double rows, and this regular disposition extends 

 throughont the whole length, though the intervals are confusedly 

 punctate; on each elytron two or three very gently raised 

 intervals may be recognized. Underside shining, covered with 

 strong punctures. Tibiae excavated at the apex and armed ex- 

 ternally with a spine; femora channelled on the underside for the 

 reception of the tibiae; claws with an appendix on the underside. 



Length, 6 mm. 



Assam: Manipur (Dolierty). 



Type m the British Museum. Described from two examples. 



53. Phytodecta trilochana *, sp. nov. 



Body ovate, feebly shining. Ground-colour red-brown with 

 the following black markings : the whole basal edge of the pro- 

 noturn narrowly black with three extensions of the black colour 

 forwards, one in the middle longitudinally and one on each side ; 

 the former projects narrowly along the middle, broadening in 

 front, where it meets the anterior margin, the latter are each 

 in the form of a more or less triangular patch, not meeting the 

 lateral margin; scutellum black; on each elytron are (1) a large, 

 round, black patch between tbe scutellum and the humerus, (2) a 

 broad median band formed by the confluence of two large round 

 patches, (3) on a post-median transverse line two patches, a small 

 one contiguous to the suture and a much larger, round one 

 situated further outwards, and (4) finally, at the apical suturai 

 angle, a small elongate patch ; on the underside the thoracic sterna 

 and the first abdominal sternite are wholly, and the other sternites 

 partly, black ; antennae much lighter than the ground-colour of 

 the body. 



Head broad, with the upper surface uneven, strongly and closely 

 punctate, the Y-shaped mark being deeply impressed. Antennae 



* " Three-eyed," a name of Siva, of Sanskrit origin. 

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