HALTICINjE. 



175 



9. Antennte sparsely covered with line 



hairs 



Antennae not hairy 



10. Prothorax deeply constricted behind. . 

 Prothorax not constricted behind .... 



11. In the middle and hind legs the tibia 



has an excavation on its outer edge, 

 extending from the apex upwards 

 for a certain distance, and set with 

 bristles; body small (1^-3 mm.), 

 ovate, narrowed in front and behind ; 



elytra punctate-striate 



No such combination of characters . . 



12. Body massive, large (8-17 mm. long, 



the largest among these genera), 

 broad, oblong ; colour of upper side 

 either uniform red-brown, or with 

 black or darker or lighter brown 

 spots and patches arranged trans- 

 versely on a brown background, 

 or much chequered, irrorated, or 

 speckled with black or brown spots ; 

 without ;my transverse impression 

 at the basal margin of the pro- 



notum 



No such combination of characters . . 



13. Prosternum highly elevated; the 



anterior projection of the meso- 

 steruum tits' into an emargination, 

 depression or cavity of the pro- 

 sternum 



Prosternum squarely truncate behind, 

 with the end at the same level as 

 the mesosternum, which meets the 

 truncate end of the prosternum .... 



14. Prouotum uniformly convex, without 



any depressions at all 



Pronotum with a depressed area, gene- 

 rally in front of the basal margin . . 



15. Small, ovate insects, those from our 



regions 2^ mm. or less in length . . 



Larger insects, always much longer 



than 2| mm 



lb\ The ante-basal transverse impression 

 extends almost to the sides of the 

 pronotum and is not definitely 

 terminated by a longitudinal im- 

 pression on either side ; it is inter- 

 rupted in the middle and thus 

 divided into two depressions, one 

 on each side of the middle line. . . . 



The ante-basal transverse impression 

 does not extend to the sides and is 

 terminated on each side by a short 

 longitudinal line 



Bimala, gen. n., p. 195. 



MlCRAl U PHON A, Jac, 



[p. 197. 

 Eudolia, Jac, p. 198. 

 11. 



[p. 202. 

 Ch^tocnema, Stephens, 

 12. 



13. 

 14. 



Podontia, Da man, p. 220. 



Ophrida, Chap., p. l j 28. 



20. 



15. 



[p. 234. 

 Orej'idodera, Ohevr., 



18. 



