EITDOLI A. 



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segments very short, equal in length in the genotype but not in 

 the Indian species; in the males of some species the fifth and sixth 

 segments are much thicker than the others, and are followed by 

 two very short segments. Prothorax almost quadrate, broadened 

 in front, deeply constricted near the base. Scutellum elongate, 

 triangular. Elytra much broader than the prothorax, semi- 

 puncrate-striate ; humerus prominent, strongly convex towards the 

 base. Underside : posterior femora moderately incrassate ; tibiae 

 not sulcate and without any spine at the apex; first segment of 

 posterior tarsi as long as the three following together ; prosternum 

 very narrow ; anterior coxal cavities closed behind ; claws appen- 

 diculate. 



Range. Sumatra, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Burma, Assam, 

 Himalayas. 



No key of the three Indian species of this genus is given, for 

 reasons stated below, under Eudolia ratula (p. 201). 



Fig. 76. — Eudolia himalayensis, Maulik. 



137. Eudolia himalayensis, sp. no v. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum dark chestnut-brown to black ; 

 legs and the four basal segments of the antennas yellow-brown ; 

 the other segments of the antennae piceous ; elytra greenish-blue 

 or violet ; underside (aud sometimes the posterior legs) dark 

 tch -brown. 



