164 



HALTICIN^B. 



Length, 6 mm. 



Bombay: Kan am. 



Type in the British Museum. 



105. Hyphasoma femoralis, Jacoby. 



Hyphasis femoralis, Jac, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxvii, 1889,. 

 p. 198. 



Body rounded- ovate. Colour testaceous ; antennae (the three 

 basal segments excepted) and the upper side of the apex of the 

 posterior femora, black. 



Head with vertex impunctate, frontal elevations broadly 

 transverse, bounded behind by a deep impression. Antennav 

 extending beyond the middle of the elytra; first segment long 

 and club-shaped, second small, shorter than either first or third r 

 the following segment more or less nearly equal. Prothorax much 

 broader than long, sides rounded, narrowly explanate in front, 

 anterior angles thickened and distinctly produced outwardly, 

 posterior margin rounded ; upper surface remotely, finely and 

 distinctly punctate. Scutrtlum small, broad, triangular, with apex 

 broadlv rounded and surface impunctate. Elytra hardly broader 

 at base than prothorax, rather convex, their epi pleura concave ; 

 punctuation like that of the pronotum. Underside: posterior 

 femora strongly dilated ; first segment of posterior tarsi as loot: 

 as the two following segments together. 



Length, 5 mm. 



Buuma : Bhamo, vi. 1895 (L. Fea). Malabar Coast : Mahe, 

 viii. 1 901 (M. Maindron). Bihar : Pusa, ^8. viii. 1916, on leaves 

 of Anisomeles ovata. 



Type in the Genoa Museum. 



There are two examples in the British Museum bearing an 

 identification label in Jaeohy's handwriting, and a locality label 

 with the word " Calcutta." Whether the insects were actually 

 taken at Calcutta is, however, doubtful. 



106. Hyphasoma distincta, Jacoby. 



Hyphasis distincta, Jac, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 1892 r 

 p. 936. 



Broadly ovate. Colour pale testaceous ; antennae fuscous, 

 except the three basal segments, which are testaceous. 



Head impunctate, frontal elevations broadly transverse. 

 Antennas scarcely extending to the middle of the elytra, third 

 and fourth segments equal. Prothorax about two and a half 

 times broader than long, sides strongly rounded with margin 

 flattened, anterior angles produced outwards; upper surface 

 rather convex, not perceptibly punctate. Elytra broadly ovate, 

 ^lo«ely and rather strongly punctate, the punctures raised. 

 Underside : first segment of posterior tarsi as long as the 



