PHILOPONA. 



151 



from the third to the seventh the segments are more or less 

 nearly equal to each other; eighth to eleventh shorter but equal. 

 Prothorax much broader than long; upper surface convex, very 

 finely and remotely punctate; a transverse basal depression is 

 present, the lateral margins are broadly explanate and concave, 

 the sides rounded, ihe anterior and posterior angles ending in a 

 blunt point. Scutellum triangular, with apex rounded and surface 

 im punctate. Elytia slightly broader at ba^e than prothorax ; 

 lateral margins somewhat explanate, their edges bearing remotely 

 distributed, fine, horizontal, silvery hairs ; surface confusedly,, 

 strongly and closely punctate, the punctures being finer on the 

 apical part. Underside: surface of the sternites scattered over 

 with fine silvery hairs ; posterior femora strongly incrassate ; 

 posterior tibiae short, ending in a spine ; first segment of the 

 posterior tarsi very short, their claw-segment inflated. 



Length, 4| mm. 



Assam : Sadiya (Doherty). 



Type in the British Museum. Described from one example. 



93. Philopona inornata, Jacohy. 



Oedionychis inornata, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xl, 1896, p. 261. 



Body nearly parallel-sid^d and rather depressed. Colour 

 obscure pale fulvous or testaceous, antennae pale, posterior 

 claw-joint piceous. 



Fig. 61, — Philopona inornata, Jac. 



Head iinpunctate; space separating the eyes slightly wider 

 than their diameter; frontal tubercles small, but slightly raised; 



