CimYSOMELIj^vE. 



almost equal to each other; from the fifth to the eleventh the 

 segments are elongate, slightly thicker, sparsely covered with 

 hairs, and piceous or black. Prothorax quadrate, almost as broad 

 as long, narrower than the base of the elytra ; front margin widely 

 and feebly emarginate, base straight but oblique from the middle to 

 the posterior angles, sides almost straight except in front, where 

 they are slightly convex, anterior and posterior angles slightly 

 greater than right angles ; upper surface gently convex from side to 

 side, and very finely and uniformly punctate. Scntelhim narrow, 

 smooth, shining and impunctate. Elytra almost parallel-sided, 

 slightly widening behind, punctate-striate ; on each elytron there 

 are at the base (including a long scutellar row and the extreme 



Fig. 31. — Chalcolampra octodecimguttata, Fabr. 



outer marginal row) eleven series, but across the middle (counting 

 from the suture) after the fit'lh row the punctures of the sixth, 

 seventh and eighth rows become a little irregular ; all the series 

 converge and tend to become obliterated towards the apex ; 

 interval between the tenth and the extreme marginal series broader 

 than the others. Underside shining, the abdominal sternites 

 with a few scattered punctures; anterior coxal cavities closed; 

 claws broad at the base, divaricate, and cut in at the middle. 

 Length, 5-7 mm. 



Ceylon: Matale, 29. vi. 1919 (E. Senior- White) ; Peradeniya, 

 26. viii. 1914 (B. Rutherford). Buema : ]\ T . Chin Hills. South 

 India : Nilgiri Hills (G. F. Hampson). Originally described from 



