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shorter than first and a little shorter than third, fourth (in some 

 species at least) slightly longer than third : the following seg- 

 ments more or less nearly equal to each other and always more 

 hairy. Prothorax subquadrate, slightly broader than long ; each 

 of the anterior and posterior angles bears a fine seta, and the 

 hind angles are widely rounded ; front margin more or less 

 straight, the basal margin may be slightly extended; sides 

 straight; surface not very convex and without any basal transverse 

 furrow. Scutellum small, triangular. Elytra always distinctly 

 broader than prothorax, their sides straight, generally rounded but 

 in some cases rather narrowed at the apex, confusedly punctate ; 

 the adpressed pubescence of the surface obscures from view the 

 punctuation ; epipleura broader at base, not continued to apex, 

 slanting or vertical. Underside thinly pubescent ; prosternum 

 very narrow, almost concealed from view by the convexity of the 

 coxae ; front coxal cavities of the closed type, but the closure is 

 not always quite complete ; legs slender, posterior femora strongly 

 iticrassate, posterior tibiae longer than either the front or middle 

 pairs and with a sra;ill spinule at their apex ; posterior tarsi longer 

 than either the front or middle pairs, the first segment being 

 almost as long as the following three together ; claws appendi- 

 culate. 



Range. China, Mongolia, India, Burma, Ceylon, Africa. Some 

 species in this genus have a very wide distribution. 



After considerable thought I have decided to sink Allomorpha, 

 Jac, as a synonym of Besjjera, Weise. 



Key to the Species. 



1. Upper surface bluish-green ; elytral punc- 



tures large H. cyanea, sp. n. ; p. 140. 



Upper surface differently coloured ; punc- 

 tures smaller 2. [p. 141. 



2. Pronotum red-brown, elytra black H. rufithora.c, sp. n., 



Body not so coloured 3, 



3. General colour dark bro vn with golden- [p. 142. 



brown pubescence II. lomasa, nom. now, 



Body and its pubescence not so coloured. 4. 



4. Pubescence yellow-brown, rather long; 



antennae somewhat stouter II. dakshiwi, sp. u., p. 145. 



Pubescence silvery-whitish to yellowish- 

 grey ; antennae more slender 5. 



5. General colour black, legs reddish-brown . H. rufipes, sp. n., p. 139. 

 General colour black, legs also black .... 6. 



6. Punctures on the upper surface coarse ; 



antennae as long as the body H. krishna, sp. n., p. 144. 



Punctures finer ; antennae extending to 

 the middle or a little distance beyond 

 the middle of the elytra 7. 



7. Head granulate, not covered with pubes- 



cence H. sericea, Weise, p. 139. 



Head as punctate as the pronotum and 

 equally covered with pubescence H. nigripes, sp. n., p. 143. 



