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17. Anterior and posterior angles of pro- 



thorax produced Asutosha, gen. n., p. 238. 



Anterior and posterior angles of pro- 

 thorax not produced Gopala, gen. n., p. 240. 



18. Elytral punctures partially regularly 



arranged in rows; ante- basal impres- 

 sion on the pronotuin shallow .... Griva, gen. n., p. 241. 

 Elytral punctures extremely regularly 

 arranged in longitudinal rows ; 

 ante- basal impression deep 19. 



19. Elytral rows of punctures arranged in 



pairs Pseudodera, Baly, p. 243. 



Elytral rows not in pairs, all nearly 



equidistant from each other Xuthea, Baly, p. 246. 



20. Besides bearing the ordinary punctures, 



the whole of the upper surface is 



granulate 21. 



Upper surface not granulate 22. 



21. Body ovate, strongly convex Amphimkla, Chap., p. 250. 



Body oblong, not strongly convex. . . . Clitea, Baly, p. 252. 



22. Body spheroidal, strongly convex .... 23. 

 Body not spheroidal, ovate (narrowed 



in front, broadened behind), not 

 strongly convex 25. 



23. Body extremely small (1|-1| mm. 



long) ; apical segments of the 



antennae forming a thickened club . Kamala, gen. n., p. 255. 

 Body always much longer than 

 II mm. ; apical segments of the 

 antennae not forming a club 24. 



24. Head with a raised longitudinal area 



on th ■* vertex ; antennae thicker . . Neorthaea, nom. nov. 

 Head without any elevations at all, [Orthaka, Jac], p. 259. 

 absolutely level ; antennae slender . Sphjeropletjra, Jac, 



25. Pronotum impunctate 26. [p. 265. 



Pronotum distinctly punctate 27. 



26. Post-basal part of the elytron depressed. Elytropachys, Motsch. 



[Pexodorus, Jac], p. 267. 



No such depression on the post-basal 



part of the elytron Panilurus, Jac, p. 269. 



27. Lateral margins of elytra expanded 



or broadened Erystus, Jac, p. 271. 



Lateral margins of elytra not expanded 

 at all 28. 



28. Small ovate insects, with a short 



longitudinal impression on each side 

 of the pronotum perpendicular to 

 the basal line ; opposite to these 

 impressions there are in some cases 



similar longitudinal impressions [p. 273. 



perpendicular to the front margin. . Popagrica, Foudras, 

 No such combination of characters . . 29. 



29. Body larye (5| mm. long), convex; 



first segment of posterior tarsi 

 equal to the two following segments 



together Ph^elota, Jac, p. 280. 



