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HALTICIM. 



75. Psylliodes shira *, sp. nov. 



Body elongate-ovate. Colour blue above; the legs (except the 

 posterior femora), the three basal segments of the antennae, aud 

 the mouth-parts, yellow or yellow-brown ; the six or seven apical 

 segments of the antennas, and the underside, piceous. 



Head : interocular space with a few punctures, the inter- 

 antennal space without any sharp carina. Antennae extending 

 to the middle of the elytra ; first segment long, club-shaped, 

 second slightly longer than third, fourth also longer than third, 

 fifth shorter than fourth ; from the fifth to the end the segments 

 are somewhat thicker and almost equal to each other. Prothorax 

 quadrate, its sides slightly oblique, more or less straight, anterior 

 angles obliquely cut away, each bearing a fine seta, posterior 

 angles obtuse, each of them also bearing a fine seta, basal margin 

 slightly sinuate ; the upper surface uniformly convex from side to 

 side and more or less closely punctate with deep punctures. 

 Scutellum small, insignificant, triangular. Elytra broader at the 

 base than the prothorax, almost parallel-sided, somewhat narrowed 

 behind ; each with eleven regular rows of punctures, including a 

 scutellar and an extreme marginal row; all the interstices are 

 raised throughout and contain the usual faint and fine punctures. 

 Underside covered with fine hairs. 



Length, 3 mm. 



Assam : Manipur (Doherty). 



Type in the British Museum. Described from four examples. 



76. Psylliodes plana, sp. nov. 



Body ovate, narrowed in front as well as behind. Colour above 

 pure blue without any brassy or bronzy tint ; the first two or 

 three segments of the antennae yellow-brown, the rest piceous ; 

 the legs dark pitch-brown, the colour being somewhat lighter at 

 the points of articulatiou. 



Head with vertex convex, rounded and closely punctate, inter- 

 ocular and interantennal spaces even. Antennas extending a 

 little distance beyond the middle of the elytra; first segment 

 elongate, slender, club-shaped, second and third equal, fourth 

 slightly longer than either third or fifth ; from the sixth the 

 segments are somewhat thicker and more or less nearly equal, 

 and the tenth is pointed. Prothorax very slightly broader than 

 long, narrowed in front, the hind margin widely sinuate, anterior 

 margin truncate ; each of the anterior and posterior lateral angles 

 bears a fine seta; the upper surface is convex with the sides 

 sloping down, and confusedly and strongly punctate. Scutellum 

 small, triangular, with the apex broadly rounded and the surface 

 impunctate. Elytra broader at the base than the prothorax, 

 broadest at the base and narrowing towards the apex ; their 



* Sanskrit. " rib " (in allusion to the elytral costae). 



