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102. Hyphasoma thoracica, Jacoby. 



Hyphasis thoracica, Jac Arm. Soc. Ent. Belg. xl, 1896, p. 262. 



Body broadly oblong-ovate. Colour of head and prothorax 

 yellow-bnwn, the former with ;ni ill-defined black spot at the 

 vertex, the latter wit'> four round black spots in a curved trans- 

 verse line, the two middle spots slightly further forward than the 

 lateral spot<. Antennae black, except the two basal segments, 

 which are obscurely fulvous; elytra chestnut-brown with yellowish 

 epipleura ; scutellum yellowish ; breast and legs blackish, middle 

 parts of the abdominal sternites piceous. 



Head impunctate, frontal elevations narrowly transverse, carina 

 acutely raised, lower portion of face rather elongate, clypeus broad : 

 penultimate segment of palpi incrassate, terminal segment acute. 

 Antennas extending to the middle of the elytra ; first segment 

 elongate, club-shaped, second somewhat shorter than third, the 

 latter slightly shorter than the fourth and each of the following- 

 segments, which are more or less nearly equal to each other. 

 Prothorax about one millimetre broader than long, sides strongly 

 rounded, with a narrow reflexed margin, anterior angles thick- 

 ened : surface sparingly and finely punctate. Scutellum very 

 broad, triangular, with the surface impunctate. Elytra somewhat 

 convex, very finely but not very closely punctate. Underside : 

 first segment of the posterior tarsi longer than the two following 

 segments together; tibial deeply channelled, with a sharp spine 

 at the apex. 



Length, 5| mm. 



Bombay : Belgaum ; Kanara (Andrewes Coll.). 

 Type in the British Museum. 



103. Hyphasoma balyi, Jacoby. 



Hyphasis balyi, Jac., Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 1892, p. 938. 



Body oblong-ovate. Colour piceous, underside somewhat 

 lighter; antennas with the two basal segments yeilow-brown, the 

 rest black; surface of the elytra piceous, with a large yellowish 

 oblong-ovate patch ; scutellum dark fulvous or piceous. 



Head: vertex with a few very fine punctures, frontal tubercles 

 broad, strongly raised, eyes very large, clypeus abruptly declivous. 

 Antennae extending to half the length of the elytra ; first segment 

 very long, second less than half the length of first and shorter 

 than third, the latter somewhat shorter than the fourth, which 

 is almost equal to the fifth ; the following segments more or less 

 nearly equal and each not much shorter than the fifth. Prothorax 

 a little more than twice as broad as long, sides round, lateral 

 margins explanate, the edges being reflexed, anterior angles 

 produced outwards, posterior rounded ; upper surface convex and 

 sloping down at the sides, finely and more or less closely punctate. 

 Scutellum comparatively broadly triangular, with apex rounded 



