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HALTICINvE. 



160. Podontia pitalohita *, sp. nov. 



In general appearance and most of the characters strongly 

 resembling P. rufocastanea. Elytra shining chocolate-red, the rest 

 of the body yellow-brown with some parts, such as the pronotum 

 and femora, tinged with red. 



Head with the longitudinal median impression deeper, the 

 channels round the bases of the antennas deep, and a little area 

 along these channels bearing some fine punctures. Antennas 

 comparatively long, extending somewhat beyond the humeral 

 callus, more slender than in other species ; first segment long 

 and club-shaped, second small, shorter than third, fourth about 

 equal to the preceding segment, the following segments opaque 

 and not more thickened. Prothorax: form as described under 

 the genus ; surface somewhat dull (probably due to the extremely 

 fine granulation which can be seen under a high power), apparently 

 impunctate, but at certain angles extremely fine and scattered 

 punctures are visible ; the lateral margins thickened and rounded, 

 with a row of punctures along them ; there are three depressions, 

 one on each side of the middle part of the disc and a third, which 

 is small, in the middle in front of the base. Scvtelhim small, 

 impunctate. Elytra as described under the genus ; the broad 

 marginal interstices are raised, while a little behind the humerus 

 on each side the surface is depressed : the punctures of the rows 

 are more accentuated than in other species. Underside finely 

 pubescent. 



Length, 11| mm. ; breadth, slightly less than 7 mm. 



Assam : Sylhet (Bowring Coll.). Described from one example. 



Type in the British Museum. 



161. Podontia congregata, Baly. 



Podontia congreqatu, Baly, Ann. & Mag-. Nat. Hist. (S) xvi, 1865, 

 p. 405. 



Body shaped as is usual in this genus. Colour shining red- 

 brown ; elytra with a lighter background showing darker irro- 

 rations along the suture and margins ; these irrorations vary from 

 red-brown to pitch-brown or almost black, in the hitter case the 

 pronotum and the underside share the same colour; the sutural 

 band of irrorations is twice constricted, once at the middle and 

 again near the apex ; the whole elytra may be completely covered 

 with irrorations, but in this case the latter are more or less 

 obsolete towards the apex (this variety is shown in fig. 81). 



This species conforms to the type of structure described under 

 the genus. The posterior lateral angles of the prothorax are 

 somewhat drawn out ; the surface of the pronotum has the im- 

 pressions and depressions arranged in a similar way to that of 



* Sanskrit, " yellow-red." 



