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CITETSOMELIN^E. 



and impunctate. Elytra broader than the prothorax ; punctate- 

 striate; on each elytron, at the base, including the scutellar 

 row and the extreme marginal row, are eleven series ; counting 

 from the suture across the middle, between the fifth and tenth 

 rows the punctures become irregular; towards the apex the punc- 

 tures are feebler ; the interval between the tenth and the 

 extreme marginal rows is broader than the others. Underside 

 almost impunctate except for a few scattered punctures ; anterior 

 coxal cavities closed ; claws broader at the base and cut in the 

 middle. 



Length, 6 mm. 



Andaman Islands (Boepstorff). 



Type in the British Museum. Described from one example. 



Genus PSEUDOLINA, Jacoby. 

 Pseudolina, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xl, 1896, p. 252. 

 Genotype, Pseudolina indica, Jacoby 1896 (India). 



Body elongate-ovate, apterous. Antennae filiform ; terminal 

 segment of maxillary palpi as long as the preceding one, truncate 

 at the apex. Prothorax quadrate, narrowed behind, the sides 

 nearly straight. Scutellum twice as broad as long. Elytra 

 elongate, slightly widened at the middle, much mirrowed behind, 

 irregularly punctured, their epipleura broad, not furnished with 

 hairs. Underside : legs rather slender ; tibiae dilated towards 

 the apex, not channelled ; the first segment of the posterior tarsi 

 slightly longer than the following one; claws simple. Prosternum 

 narrow, elongate ; mesosternum of somewhat similar shape, slightly 

 raised behind ; metasternum scarcely longer than the prosternum. 

 Anterior coxal cavities closed. 



liange. India : United Provinces. 



Key to the Species. 



Larger (8 mm.) ; entirely metallic greenish 



or brownisli-asneous P. indica, Jac, P- 90. 



Smaller (5 mm.) ; shining dark brown with 



bluish tinge P. rama, sp. n., p. 92. 



58. Pseudolina indica, Jacoby. 



Pseudolina indica, Jac, Ann. Soc Ent. Belg. xl, 1896, p. 253. 



Colour entirely metallic greenish or brownish-aeneous ; antennae 

 black. 



Head : surface uneven, with a few scattered punctures, in some 

 individuals more numerous than in others ; the area in front of 

 the centre deeply depressed, the depression containing the 

 transverse impression which separates the clypeus ; eyes obliquely 

 placed, elongate, convex. Antennae nearly extending to the 



