196 



HALTfCrN^E. 



somewhat narrowed towards the apex ; surface smooth, finely and 

 confusedly punctate. Underside : the parts are as stated in the 

 description of the genotype. 



I have proposed a new genus for this insect because it differs 

 from the genus Erystus in shape and in having the elytral 

 punctuation confused. 



Range. India. 



135. Bimala indica, Jacoby. 



Erystus indicus, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xl, 1896, p. 265. 



Body narrowly ovate. Colour of the head and its appendages, 

 the six or seven basal segments of the* antennae, the pronotum 

 and legs, light brown ; the four apical segments of the antennae, 

 elytra, scutellum, metasternum and abdominal sternites, pitch- 

 black. 



Fig. 74. — Bimala indica, Jac. 



Head almost as broad as long, impunctate ; eyes convex ; frontal 

 elevations and carina entirely obsolete, clypeus narrowly raised. 

 Antennae rather robust, reaching to the middle of the elytra, 

 sparsely covered with fine hairs ; first segment longest and club- 

 shaped, second much shorter than first but slightly longer than 

 third, fourth a little longer than third; from the fifth to the last 

 the segments become more elongate, slightly thicker and almost 

 equal ; the last segment is pointed. Prothorax broader than long, 

 basal margin widely arcuate and slightly shorter than front 

 margin, sides uniformly curved from the posterior to the anterior 

 angles, which are not prominent ; surface smooth and impunctate, 

 uniformly convex from side to side. Scutellum small, triangular, 

 smooth. Eh/tra slightly bronder at base than prothorax, gradually 

 narrowed behind ; extremely minutely and confusedly punctate, 



