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HALTICINiE. 



Genus GOP ALA *, gen. nov. 

 Genotype, Oopala pita, sp. nov. 



Body elongate. Head broad; mouth-parts exserted, penulti- 

 mate segment of maxillary palpi incrassate, apical segment small, 

 conical, and pointed; eyes convex; antennae close together at the 

 base; interantennal space narrow, with a ridge which is met by 

 a deep longitudinal impression ; vertex not very convex. Antennae 

 reaching a little distance beyond the middle of the elytra ; second 

 segment very small, third almost equal in length to the fourth 

 and double the length of the second. Prothorax narrower than 

 the base of the elytra, quadrate or only very slightly broader 

 than long, somewhat narrowed behind, anterior angles rounded, 

 posterior obtuse; in front of the basal margin are two transverse 

 depressions, one on either side of the middle longitudinal line. 

 Scutellum triangular with apex rounded. Elytra parallel-sided, 

 imperfectly punctate-striate, with interstices confusedly and finely 

 punctate; the punctures are deeper in the middle than on the 

 basal and apical parts. Underside : epipleura of elytra broad at 

 the base and considerably reduced behind the middle ; anterior 

 cox* prominent, almost contiguous, making the prosternum very 

 narrow; the anterior coxal cavities are really closed behind, 

 although on a superficial examination they may seem to be open ; 

 posterior femora only very slightly more incrassate than the other 

 femora: tibiae cylindrical, without channels and unarmed at the 

 apex ; first segment of the posterior tarsi almost equal to the 

 following two segments together : claws appendiculate ; the abdo- 

 minal segments are sparsely covered with hair, and on the last 

 there are two elevated areas, each containing a deep longitudinal 

 impression. 



Range. Assam (Manipur). 



173. Gopala pita,* sp. nov. 



Pitch -black, with two yellow patches on each elytron, namely a 

 broad, transverse, median band and a smaller apical patch ; the 

 transverse median band attains neither the suture nor the lateral 

 margin. 



Head with vertex not very convex, impunctate ; interantennal 

 carinas expanded behind. Antennae with the two basal segments 

 smooth and hairless, the rest being covered with fine brownish 

 pubescence ; first segment long and club-shaped, second small 

 and rounded, third and fourth almost equal, fifth slightly shorter 

 than fourth and almost equal to each of the six following segments. 

 Prothorax quadrate or very slightly broader than long, slightly 

 narrowed behind, with anterior angles rounded and posterior 

 obtuse, each of them bearing a fine seta ; surface convex in front, 



* Sanskrit, meaning " cowherd," a name of Krishna, 

 t Sanskrit, "yellow." 



