HESPERA. — UYPHASIS. 



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89. Hespera dakshina*, sp. nov. 



Oblong. Entirely black, covered with rather long brownish- 

 yellow pubescence. 



This species closely agrees with what has been written in the 

 description of the genus, but the following points call for notice: 

 the antennae extend to a little distance beyond the middle of the 

 elytra ; they do not appear so slender as in other species, the second 

 segment is distinctly shorter than the third, the fourth almost equal 

 to the third. The punctuation is Jess strong than in H. Icrishna, 

 and seems to be slightly stronger than that of H. nigripes. The 

 brownish pubescence is somewhat longer than the silvery-white 

 pubescence of H. nigripes. When the insect is viewed from above, 

 the last abdominal segment is generally visible. 



Length, 4 mm. 



S. India : Nilgiri Hills (67. F. Hampson). 



Type in the British Museum. Described from seventeen 

 examples. 



Section III : Subsection II. 



Pronotum and elytra not pubescent ; claw-segment of hind 

 tarsi greatly dilated. 



1. Elytral epipleura extraordinarily broad ; 



antennae long ; surface of pronotum 

 somewhat depressed, its margins flat- 

 tened or slightly concave Hyphasis, Harold, p. 145. 



Elytral epipleura not so broad, antennae 

 not so long, pronotum convex ..... 2. 



2. A more or less deep impression on either 



side of the pronotum along its basal 

 margin and a short longitudinal im- 

 pression on each elytron within the 



humerus Philopona, Weise, p. 148. 



No such impressions on the pronotum or 

 on the elytra Hyphasoma, Jac, p. 156. 



Genus HYPHASIS, Harold. 



Hyphasis, Harold, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. xxi, 1877, p. 434 ; Jacoby, 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvii, 1903, p. 110. 



Genotype, Hyphasis magica, Harold. 



Body oblong-ovate. Head broader than long, vertex convex, 

 narrow, iuterocular space narrow, frontal tubercles in the inter- 

 antennal space well developed and with a longitudinal impression 

 along the middle. Antennae passing a little beyond the middle of 

 the elytra, slender ; first segment elongate, club-sh;iped, second 

 very small, less than half the length of the first or the third; from 

 the third to the seventh the segments are more or less nearly equal 



* Sanskrit, "Sonth." 

 YOL. II. L 



