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HALTICINJEi 



clypeus very short, transversely raised. Antennae not extending 

 to the middle of the elytra; basal segment thickest, club-shaped, 

 second small, half the length of the first or third, third, fourth 

 and fifth almost equal in length, sixth somewhat shorter than 

 fifth and equal to the next ; eighth to eleventh each shorter 

 than the preceding segments and equal to each other. Prothorax 

 more than twice as broad as long; sides moderately rounded 

 with a rather broad, explanate, concave margin, anterior angles 

 very slightly produced and thickened, posterior almost right 

 angles, posterior margin almost straight ; surface, seen under 

 a high power, indistinctly and finely punctate. Scutellum tri- 

 angular, with apex rounded and surface im punctate. Elytra 

 somewhat broader at base than prothorax, extremely minutely 

 finely and confusedly punctate, their epi pleura broad at base 

 and deeply concave. Underside finely and sparsely pubescent : 

 posterior femora strongly incrassate ; first segment of pos- 

 terior tarsi scarcely longer than the second segment, their claw- 

 segment strongly inflated ; presternum narrow, not sulcate. 

 Length, 8|-9 ram. 



Belgaum. Nilgiri Hills (67. F. Hampson). 

 Type in the British Museum. 



94. Philopona nilgiriensis, Jacoby. 



Oedionychis nilyiriensis, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvii, 1903, 

 p. 110. 



Body testaceous; the four basal segments of the antennae 

 testaceous, the rest piceous or black ; scutellum black ; a spot 

 on the shoulder, another behind the middle and a third at the 

 apex on the suture of each elytron, black. 



Head flat except for two oblique impressions and a median 

 depression, and with a few punctures between the eyes ; frontal 

 elevations obsolete; palpi thickened. Antennae comparatively 

 short; first segment thickest, second very short, third, fourth 

 and fifth segments almost equal in length ; the following shorter, 

 as is usual in the genus. Protlioraoc more than twice broader 

 than long, with explanate, concave and rounded sides, anterior 

 and posterior angles acute but not produced, posterior margin 

 somewhat sinuate ; upper surface entirely impunctate, obsoletely 

 transversely sulcate near the base. Scutellum triangular with 

 the surface impunctate. Elytra slightly broader at base than 

 prothorax, very finely and closly punctate, nearly parallel-sided 

 but somewhat broadened behind. Underside : posterior tibiae 

 with a slight emargination at the apex; tarsi short, claw-segment 

 strongly inflated ; the inflated portion in transmitted light is of 

 a brilliant golden colour. 



This species is of almost similar coloration as 0. mouhoti, Baly, 

 from Burma, Siam, etc., but has the terminal segments of the 

 antennae dark, the elytra more distinctly punctate and without 



