CHvETOCNEMA. 



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antenna), and the oblique lines are present but not very prominent. 

 Antennae short, hardly extending to the base of the pronotum ; 

 first and second segments as usual in the genus, third to sixth 

 more slender, equal except that the fifth is slightly longer, the 

 rest somewhat thicker and equal. Prothoraoc broader than long, 

 sides almost straight or gently rounded ; surface convex, closely 

 punctate, the punctures somewhat smaller than those of the 

 elytra. Scutellum broader than long, triangular with apex broadly 

 rounded; under a high power the surface is seen to be finely 

 reticulate. Elytra hardly broader at base than prothorax, regu- 

 larly punctate- striate ; the interstices raised, this being more 

 pronounced at the apex and sides ; seen under a high power the 

 interstices are reticulate ; on each elytron there are eleven rows, 

 including a short scutellar and an extreme marginal row. 

 Length, 2 mm. 



Ceylow: Colombo, v. ( ff. P. Green). 



Type in the British Museum. Described from one example. 



Fig. 79. — ChcBtocnema sticta, Maulik. 



151. Chsetocnema sticta, sp. no v. 



Form ovate. Colour blackish with a bronzy tinge ; the five or 

 six basal segments of the antennae, the front and middle legs, and 

 the posterior tibiae and tarsi, brown ; the rest of the antennal 



