NEORTHAEA. 



263 



Weise referred this species to the genus Plagiodera in his 

 catalogue of Chrysomeliios, as cited above, (kalian, when 

 arranging the Halticiios in the British Museum, placed it in 

 the genus Euphitrea — a conclusion which was incorporated by 

 Bryant in his paper, " Notes on Synonymy in the Phytophaga " 

 ( Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) xii, 1923, p. 143). 



188. Neorthaea micans, Baly. 



Euphitrea micans, Baly, Trans. Eut. Soc. Lond. 1875, p. 28. 

 Euphitrea assamensis, Baly, Oistula Ent. ii, 1879, p. 443. 



Body rounded and convex. Shining brown to dark pitchy, 

 always with a brassy sheen above. 



Head with front longitudinally raised and depressed on either 

 •side above the eye, the raised part of the surface having a few 

 line punctures; frontal elevations and carina obsolete, as is charac- 

 teristic of the genus, although the interocular space and the broad 

 interantennal space are very uneven. Antennae scarcely halt' the 

 length of the body ; first segment the longest, club-shaped, second 

 shorter, third slightly but distinctly longer than second ; from 

 the fourth the segments are somewhat thicker and almost equal. 

 Prothorax much broader than long, basal margin bisinuate on 

 either side, median lobe of the base obtusely rounded, sides 

 rounded, converging in front, anterior angles acute, posterior 

 nearly obsolete ; surface convex from side to side, finely punctate, 

 impressed on either side (just nearer to the middle than the 

 humerus) with a short longitudinal notch on the basal margin. 

 Scutellum triangular, impunctate. Elytra broader than prothorax, 

 shoulders comparatively prominent, sides rounded and slightly 

 converging to the apex ; there is, however, some tendency towards 

 •seriate arrangement ; surface confusedly, closely, and distinctly 

 punctate ; sometimes two faint longitudinal interstices are 

 recognisable, and along the lateral margin, near the base, is an 

 impunctate raised strip, bounded on the inner side by a row of 

 punctures. Underside closely and strongly punctate ; first seg- 

 ment of posterior tarsi not broad, but elongate. 



Length, 5-7 mm. The type of Euphitrea micans (from Sumatra) 

 measures 6 mm., and that of Etc. assamensis 5 mm. 



Bombay : Kanara (Andrewes). Nilgiri Hills (Andrewes). 

 Assam: Manipur (Doherty). Burma: Karen Hills, v-xii. 1888 

 {L. Fed), and 18-21. v. 1916 (F. M. Mackwood). Tonkin : Mauson 

 Mts., iv-v (H. Fruhstorfer). Java. Sumatra. Borneo. 



Types of Euphitrea micans and Eu. assamensis both in the British 

 Museum. In describing the latter Baly had only a single example, 

 before him. 



There are specimens in the British Museum from all the 

 localities given above. Three examples from the Karen Hills, 

 6| mm. long,, are very dark brown, with the usual bronzy sheen ; 

 (the specimens from Tonkin and Manipur are 6 mm. and 6^ mm. 



