CHJETOCNEMA . 



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147. ChaBtocnema montivaga, sp. no v. 



Body ovate, broadest at the base of the elytra, then gradually 

 narrowed behind. Colour pitch-brown to black; the six basal 

 segments of the antennae, the front and middle legs, the posterior 

 tibiae and tarsi, brown, these parts being much lighter in the 

 lighter specimens. 



Head with vertex impunctate, surface granulate ; interantennal 

 carina somewhat raised longitudinally, its upper end terminated 

 by an angled impression, on each side of which is a deeply-im- 

 pressed oblique line meeting tangentially the top of the eye; at 

 one point on this line is a deep pit situated on the inner side 

 of the eye; clypeus impunctate. Antennas moderately stout, 

 extending a little distance beyond the humerus ; first segment 

 long and club-shaped, small, third somewhat longer than fourth, 

 the rest more or less nearly equal. Prothorax broader than long, 

 sides more or less straight, anterior lateral angles thickened and 

 truncate, basal margin slightly produced into a broad lobe in the 

 middle ; surface convex, very finely granulate and uniformly but 

 not very closely punctate. Scutellum broader than long with 

 apex widely rounded, impunctate, extremely finely granulate, the 

 granulation only visible under a high power. Elytra hardly 

 broader at base than prothorax ; each elytron with eleven regular 

 rows of punctures, including a short scutellar and an extreme 

 marginal row ; interstices costate and very finely punctate, this 

 fine punctuation visible under a high power. Underside very 

 sparsely covered with fine silvery hairs. 

 Length, 3 mm. 



Assam : Patkai Mts., 2 examples (Doherty). Tenasserim : 

 Mergui, 1 example (Doherty). Malay Peninsula : mountains 

 of Perak, 1 example (Doherty). 

 ■ Type in the British Museum. Described from four examples. 



148. Chsetocnema harita * sp. nov. 



Body ovate, pointed behind. Colour bronzy-green, the bronze 

 or the green predominating in different cases ; the six basal 

 segments of the antennae, front and middle legs, posterior tibiae 

 and tarsi, brown ; the rest of the antennal segments piceous. 



Head closely punctate ; interocular space just above the antennae 

 with a short and transversely impressed line ; rest of surface 

 closely punctate but without any elevations. Antennae extending 

 to a certain distance beyond the humerus; first segment long, club- 

 shaped, second smaller, third to sixth slender, third and fourth 

 equal, fifth and sixth equal, the rest somewhat thickened. 

 Prothorax broader than long, sides almost straight or very gently 

 rounded, anterior angles thickened : surface convex, closely 

 covered with coarse punctures. Scutellum small, triangular, 



* Sanskrit for a shade of green. 



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