HESPERA. 



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82. Hespera sericea, Weise. 



Hespera sericea, Weise, llor. Soc. Ent. Ross, xxiii, 1889, p. 639 j 

 Duvivier, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxvi, 1892, p. 426. 



Body oblong. Colour deep black ; in some specimens the three 

 or four basal segments of the antennae are blackish mixed with 

 yellow and more shining than the rest; pubescence yellowish-grey. 



Head slightly convex with surface finely granulate and 

 also with a few r punctures, not covered with pubescence ; other 

 characters as described under the genus. Antennae extending 

 to about the middle of the elytra, the relative lengths of the 

 segments as stated under the genus. Proihorax : general shape 

 and proportions as stated in the description of the genus ; very 

 slightly narrowed in front ; surface granulose-punctate and covered 

 with pubescence. Scutellum triangular, small, granulose. Elytra 

 granulose-punctate and covered with pubescence like that of the 

 prothorax. Underside as described under the genus, more shining 

 than the upper surface. 



Length, 3-4 mm. 



Darjeeling District: Kurseong (P. Braet). Weise first 

 described this species from China when working out Potanin's 

 collection. Jacoby in 1890 identified as this species some 

 examples collected by Mr. A. E. Pratt in July 1888 from Chang 

 Yang, Hupeh Province, Central China. Duvivier in 1892 deter- 

 mined as this species some examples taken at Kurseong by Braet. 



Type in the Potanin Collection, Leningrad. 



83. Hespera rufipes, sp. no v. 



Hespera rufipes, Weise, MS. 



Body oblong. Colour greyish-black ; the legs and the four 

 basal segments of the antennae reddish-brown or brownish-yellow ; 

 the seven apical segments of the antennae and the apex of the 

 hind femora blackish. 



Head with the vertex more or less flat, and its other parts 

 as described under the genus. Antennae only half a millimetre 

 shorter than the body ; the relative lengths of the segments are 

 as stated under the genus ; the second is shorter than the third, 

 which is slightly shorter than the fourth. Prothorax-. shape, 

 form and other characteristics as stated under the genus ; pos- 

 terior angles widely rounded. Scutellum very small and triangular, 

 almost concealed from view by the pubescence. Elytra as described 

 under the genus. Underside more shining than the upper side, 

 thinly covered with fine hairs. Anterior coxal cavities almost 

 closed behind (see fig. 52, p. 137). Elytral epipleura slanting,, 

 broader at the base and vanishing towards the apex, somewhat 

 drawn out vertically at one point. 



Length, 3 mm. ; length of antenna, 2k mm. 



Assam: Khasi Hills (e* Kraatz Collection and Andrew es 

 Collection). 



