156 



HALTICINJ3. 



broad and rough ; interantennal space comparatively broad, with 

 one broad longitudinal elevation. Antennae extending only a 

 little distance beyond the base of the prothorax, and slightly 

 thickened towards the apex; first segment long, thickened find 

 club-shaped, second very short, third slender, longer than fourth ; 

 from the fifth to the eleventh the segments are shorter, somewhat 

 more thickened, and sparsely covered with hairs. Prothorax 

 broader than long; upper surface convex, rough, impressed with 

 smaller and larger punctures ; lateral margins comparatively 

 broadly explanate, sides not well rounded though converging 

 towards the anterior and posterior angles, each of which is 

 produced to a blunt point ; transverse impression in front of the 

 basal margin broad and punctate. Scutellum small, triangular, 

 broader than long, im punctate, with apex rounded. Elytra 

 broader at base than prothorax, confusedly, closely ai.d strongly 

 punctate, the punctures being liner towards the apex. Underside 

 finely punctate, shining. 

 Length, 3|— 4| mm. 



ChotaNagpur: Koubir (Pere Cardon, type-locality); Barway 

 (Pere Cardon). Bombay: Belgaum (Andre wes Coll.). Punjab: 

 Kangra Valley, 4500 ft., vii. 1898 (Dudgeon, Brit. Mus.). Central 

 Provinces : Sindevai, Chandra District, 15. x. (C. S. Misra, Pusa 

 Coll.). Assam: Mazbat, Mangaldai District, 13-15. x. 1910 

 (Kemp, Ind. Mus.). Bengal : Rijinehal, 5. vii. 1909 (Anuandale). 



This spei-ies was first described from one example from Kou'ir, 

 collected by Pere Cardon. In the British Museum there is a 

 specimen, also collected by Pere Cardon, from Barway, and this 

 specimen bears the identification label "-signata" in Jacoby's 

 handwriting. The examples from various other localities listed 

 above are referred to this species after comparison with the 

 specimen labelled by Jacoby. 



Type in the Brussels Museum. 



Oedionychis japonica, Baly (which must be referred to Philo- 

 pona), has a strong resemblance to Ph. signata; it is possible 

 that they are the same species, but for the present, without 

 further evidence, it is convenient to treat Ph. signata as a purely 

 Indian species, having a wide distribution within that region, and 

 evidently variable. 



Genus HYPHASOMA, Jacoby. 

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



Genotype : in proposing this genus Jacoby did not designate 

 a genotype ; he described three species, viz. H. inconspicua, 

 H. submetallica and H. discipennis, after the diagnosis of the 

 genus. H. inconspicua, Jac, is here designated as the genotype. 



Body oblong-ovate. Head as broad as the width of the pro- 

 thorax ; vertex somewhat convex and usually im punctate, antennas 

 generally close together, with the carina between them well 



