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HALTICINvE. 



3. Yellow spots, approximately 38 in num- , 

 ber, are present on the alternate 



interspaces on the inner part of the [p. 232. 



elytral surface O.Jlavopustidata, Baly, 



Yellow spots, approximately 93 in num- 

 ber, are present on all the interspaces 



of the elytra O. hinduta, sp. n., p. 233. 



1 64. Ophrida hirsuta, Stebbing. 



Blepharida hirsuta, Jacoby MS.; Stebbing, Indian Forest Insects.' 

 1914, p. 260. 



Body obloog, narrowed behind. Genera] colour yellow with 

 red-brown mottling on the elytra ; the yellow colour may be 

 darker in some specimens, in which also the mottlings are corre- 

 spondingly darker ; several somewhat irregularly arranged 

 transverse bands of the mottlings can be recognized ; the colour 

 is much darker along the side-margins of the prothorax and 

 the scutellum is dark red-brown ; on the underside in some cases 

 the front and middle legs are paler than other parts. The whole 

 insect is covered with tine silvery pubescence; on the elytra the 

 fine hairs arise from the rows of punctures. 



Head : vertex not convex, and having a median longitudinal 

 impression ; the channels round the eyes and the bases of the 

 antenna? are present, but rendered indistinct owing to the 

 presence of hairs ; eyes rather large and black. Antenna? 

 extending a little beyond the humeral callus ; their structure 

 calls for no specific comment. Prothorax about twice as broad as 

 long (length one and a half, breadth three, millimetres) ; sides 

 straighter at the base and uniformly rounded and narrowed in 

 front, in this differing from the generic type ; anterior lateral 

 angles not produced, somewhat rounded, posterior lateral angles 

 almost right angles, basal margin slightly sinuate; surface uneven, 

 although the basal dnpressions are not so pronounced as in other 

 species, minutely and closely punctate, the punctures being seen 

 with difficulty owing to the hairs ; along the lateral margins tl e- 

 punctures are large and confluent. Scutellum also hairy. Elytra 

 broader than prothorax, each with eleven very regular rows of 

 punctures; all the interstices are somewhat raised throughout, 

 and in this the insect differs from the genotype. Underside as 

 stated under the genus. 



Length, Tj-8 mm.; breadth, 3^-4 mm. According to Stebbing 

 the length may be 15 mm., but none of the specimens before me, 

 which were collected by him, reach that length. 



Bombay: Poona, Bhamburda Reserve (Forest Department), 

 vii-viii. 1901 (Stebbing). The insects were defoliating Bos- 

 wellia serrata, Eoxb. (Natural Order Bueseeace/e) ; this plant 

 is of economic importance, being a source of timber and of a 

 resinous gum (Indian name gugal), used as frankincense. 



Type in the British Museum. In that institution there are two- 



