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HALTICI^iE. 



notch, perpendicular to the basal margin. Scutellum small, tri- 

 angular. Elytra hardly broader at base than prothorax ; surface 

 in some species punctate- striate, while in others there is scarcely 

 any trace of seriate arrangement ; in the seriately punctate species 

 the first stria commences at a little distance from the suture, 

 while on the surface between the suture and the first longitudinal 

 row the punctures are confused, and in the type-species the whole 

 interstitial surface is closely coveted with very minute punctures ; 

 humeri prominently convex. Underside', epipleura of elytra very 

 broad, concave, and extending to the apex ; prosternum distinct, 

 longitudinally channelled ; mesosternum extremely short ; pos- 

 terior femora moderately thickened ; posterior tibiae with a 

 distinct apical spine ; first segment of posterior tarsi about equal 

 in length to the following two together; claws appendiculate ; 

 anterior coxal cavities closed behind. 



Range. India, Burma, Siam, Indo-China. 



Key to the Species. 



1. Insect brown, with or without a bronzy 



sheen above 2. 



Insect not brown 4. 



2. Entirely brown, without bronzy sheen . N. fulva, Jac, p. 260. 

 Brown or dark brown, with a bronzy 



sheen above 3. 



3. First segment of posterior tarsi broad, 



bilobed N. subylobosa, Hope, p. 262. 



First segment of posterior tarsi not 



broad, but elongate N. micans, Baly, p. 263. 



4. Elytra metallic-green ; head and pro- 



notum red-brown; length 4^ mm.. . N. viridipennis, Jac, p. 264. 

 Insect entirely bluish-green ; length 



3 mm 2V T . burmanica, Jac, p. 264. 



186. Neorthaea fulva, Jacoby. 



Orthaea fulva, Jac, Ann. Soc Ent. Belg. xlvii, 1903, p. 107. 



Body rounded, narrowed in front and behind, strongly convex. 

 Fulvous ; the five basal segments of the antennas also fulvous, 

 the remaining segments brownish-black. 



