MESOPA. BIMALA. 



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J 34. Mesopa fulvipes, Jacob if. 



Mesopafulvipes, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvii, 1903, p. 113. 



Body above dark cupreous with a greenish tinge ; uuderside 

 black ; the four or five basal segments of the antennae fulvous, the 

 other segments fuscous ; legs fulvous, the tarsi slightly fuscous at 

 the apex ; scutellum black. 



Head broad, closely and rather strongly punctate, minutely 

 granulate, subopaque, with a short but deep longitudinal median 

 fovea above the bases of the antennae ; frontal elevations absent, 

 mterantennal short but distinct ; eyes large. Antennae nearly as 

 long as the body and stout ; first segment rather long and stout, 

 second small, third about equal to fourth ; each of the following 

 segments rather thickened, fifth equal to sixth, seventh a little 

 shorter but almost equal to each of the following segments. 

 Prothorax about as broad as long, sides straight, anterior and 

 posterior lateral angles thickened, each of them possessing a seti- 

 ferous pore, anterior and posterior margins straight ; surface 

 sculpture like that of the head, the sides beiug more closely 

 punctate than the middle. Scutellum triangular, with surface 

 smooth and impunctate. Elytra broader at base than prothorax, 

 rather strongly depressed at the base towards the outer margins ; 

 humerus strongly convex ; immediately behind the base a large 

 area is convex; the entire surface is very closely and strongly 

 punctate, the punctures being scarcely finer near the apex. 

 Underside convex, sparsely and finely punctate and very sparsely 

 covered with fine hairs, which are more towards the sides ; other 

 structures as stated under the genus. 



Length, 3 mm. ; breadth, \\ mm. 



Nilgiei Hills. 



Type in the British Museum. 



G-enus BIMALA *, gen. nov. 

 GrEJTOTYPB, Erystus i adieus, Jacoby. 



Body small, oblong-ovate. Head broad, eyes convex and antennae 

 situated close together, interantennal elevations more or less 

 obsolete; there are two oblique, finely impressed lines proceeding 

 from the upper edge of the eyes and converging towards the 

 central part. Antennae sparsely covered with fine hairs, long 

 compared with the size of the insect ; all the segments are not 

 of equal thickness and the first is the longest. Prothorax broader 

 than long, anterior margin almost straight with angles rounded, 

 posterior margin widely arched with angles obtuse, each of the 

 four angles bearing a fine seta ; lateral margins rounded ; surface 

 convex and smooth without any impressions. Scutellum small 

 .and triangular. Elytra slightly broader at base than prothorax, 



* Sanskrit, "without blemish." 



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