PODONTIA. 



225 



P. affinis, with minor variations ; the elytra and the underside 

 call for no special remark. 



Length, ll|mm.; breadth, 6| mm. These measurements are 

 from the type; other examples before me measure 14| mm. in 

 length and 8 mm. in breadth. 



The locality of the type was unknown to Baly. Other material 

 has been collected as follows : Bombay : Kanara (Jacoby Coll.). 

 Malabar (ex Coll. F. Moore). Nilgiri Hills : (G. F. Hampson); 

 Karteri Koad, 4000-8000 ft., 27. viii. 1917 (Naganath, Pusa Coll.) ; 

 Coonoor, 1500-2000 metres (about 4900-6500 ft.) 13-30. vi. 

 1901 (M. Maindron). 



Type in the British Museum. 



162. Podontia quatuordecimpunctata, L. 



Chrysomela quatuordecimpunctata, L., Syst. Nat. ed. xii, 1767, 



p. 599 ; Fahr., Spec. Ins. i, 1781, p. 117 ; 01., Ent. v, 1807, 



p. 539, pi. 4, fig. 42. 

 Podontia quatuordecimpunctata, Baly, Journ. of Ent. i, 1862, p. 451 ; 



Jac, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxvii, 1889, p. 204 ; Stebbing, 



Indian Forest Insects, 1914, pp. 258-260. 



In form and size this species resembles the type of the genus 

 (P. lutea), and it is one of the largest Halticinje from our regions . 



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Fig. 81. — Podontia congregata, Baly. 



