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Head i m punctate ; eyes large ; frontal elevations obsolete and 

 contiguous with the carina. Antennae extending beyond half the 

 length of the elytra; second segment thickened but scarcely 

 shorter than third, terminal segments slightly thickened. Pro- 

 thorax twice as broad as long, sides slightly rounded before the 

 middle, angles rather obtuse ; surface transversely convex, 

 impunctate, base with a deep transverse sulcus, which is bounded 

 at either side by a perpendicular groove. Elytra subcylindrical, 

 closely and rather strongly puncta te- striate ; interstices finely and 

 obsoletely wrinkled. Underside: anterior coxal cavities closed. 



Length, 2h mm. 



Burma : Karen Mts. (Fea). 



Type in the Genoa Museum. 



I have not seen this species, which Jacoby states that he 

 described from a unique example, 



171. Crepidodera nigripennis, Motschulsky. 



Ochrosis nigripennis, Motsch., Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxix, 1866, 

 part 1, no. 2, p. 418. 



In the form of the body it resembles Ochrosis salicarice, Payk. * 

 (this insect occurs in the temperate regions of Europe), but it is 

 smaller and witb the elytra black. It is oblong-ovate, convex, 

 and shining brown, the antennae at the apex, the elytra, and the 

 ventral surface of the body, black. The pronotum is transverse 

 and smooth. The elytra are broader than the prothorax and three 

 times longer, subovate and punctate-striate. 



Length, 1^ mm. 



Ceylon : Nuwara Eliya Mts., 8000 ft. 



I have not seen the type, and the above description is a trans- 

 lation from the original Latin diagnosis. 



Crepidodera affinis, Motsclmlsky. 



Crepidodera affinis, Motsch., Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc, xxiv, 1851, 

 part 1, no. 2, p. 665. 



This insect was described by Motschulsky in the following 

 words : " Also one species which resembles Or. transversa, Marsh., 

 but a little shorter."' C. transversa is a European species, and is 

 an entirely brown insect. The specimen which Motschulsky called 

 affinis belonged to the East India Company, some of whose 

 collections are in the British Museum. But C. affinis cannot be 

 traced. Under the circumstances the name is omitted from the 

 key and must be, to all intents, ignored. 



* = Lythraria salicarice. Payk. 



