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HALTIOINjE. 



120. Euphitrea indica, Jacoby. 



Euphitrea indica, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlviii, 1904, p. 391. 



Body broadly rounded. Colour pale fulvous. 



Head broad and flat, impunctate ; frontal elevations and carina 

 absent. Antennas widely separated, not extending to the middle 

 of the elytra; the three basal segments shining, the rest opaque 

 and pubescent ; first segment the longest, club-shaped, second 

 short, the third and following segments nearly equal. Prothoracc 

 about three times as broad as long, sides nearly straight, basal 

 margin broadly but slightly produced at the middle ; the surface 



Fig. 67. — Euphitrea indica, Jac. 



under a low power appears impunctate, but is really finely punc- 

 tate, the punctures being much finer than those of the elvtra. 

 Scutellum triangular, impunctate. Elytra finely, very closely and 

 irregularly punctate, their epiplenra comparatively broad. Under- 

 side: prosternum narrow, longitudinally sulcate ; metasternum 

 produced into a transverse ridge. 

 Length, 7^ mm. 



Nilgiri Hills. Anaimalai Hills : v, vi, vii (Andrewes Coll., 

 British Museum). 



Type in t he British Museum. 



Closely allied to E. wallacei, Baly, but smaller, without aeneous 

 gloss; the antennae are less robust and the prothorax is distinctly 

 shorter. 



