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HALTICIM. 



Range. India, Burma, Malay Peninsula and the adjacent 

 islands, Japan. 



Key to the Species. 

 1. Elytra metallic greenish-blue or greenish- 



blu— black 2. 



Elytra without such colour , . . . 4. ^B-wipa^wv^ 



2. Small insects, never longer than 2f-3 mm. H. bevani, Baly, p. 159. 

 Insect- always longer than 2§-3 mm 3. 



3. Prothorax and legs yellowish, elytra strongly [p. ]60. 



punctate at the base ; length 5 mm H. nilapita, sp. n., 



Prothorax and le^s piceoin, elvlra finely [p. 161. 



punctate at the base; length 6 mm H. submetallica, Jac, 



4. Pron .turn yellow-brown with four round [p. 162. 



black spots .... II. thoracica, Jac, 



Pronotum without four black spots 5. 



5. General colour piceous, elytra with a large 



yellowish oblong-ovate patch H. balyi, Jac, p. 162. 



Elytra without such a patch 6. 



6. Uniform fawn-brown above, without 



speckles; suture and margins of the 



elytra all round completely stained with [p. 163. 



black //. tenuilimbatus, Jac, 



No such combination of characters 7. 



7. General colour testaceous, pr >notum and 



elytra similarly and strongly punctate, 



upper sble of apex of posterior femora [p. 164. 



black ; length 5 mm H. femoralis, Jac, 



No such combination of characters 8. 



8. Length never less than 7^-9 mm. ; general 



colour brown or testaceous 9. 



Length alwavs less than 7^ mm 10. 



9. Elytral punctures raised ; length 8f mm. [p. 164. 



(unique example) H. distincta, Jac, 



El\ tral punctures not raised H. indica, Baly, p. 165. 



10. General colour above uniform brown, which 



varies from paler to darker shades 15. 



General colour above brown, with the 

 elytra of much deeper colour, i. e. fuscous, 

 piceous or deep brownish-black 12. 



General colour above dirty brown, gene- 

 rally mixed with grey and mottled with 

 blackish specks . 11. 



11. Body more or less nearly parallel-sided, 



suture andbnsal margin of elytra stained 

 with blackish-brown ; first segment of 

 posterior tarsi not longer than the two 



following segments together H. sita, sp. n., p. 166. 



Body more broadened behind, suture and 

 basal margin of elytra not stained ; first 



segment of p »sterior tarsi longer than the [p. 167. 



two following segments together H. dhusara, sp. n., 



12. Body narrowly oblong. 3£ mm. long ; pro- 



notum as strongly punctate as the surface [p. 168. 



of the elytra H. obscuripennis, Jac, 



