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HALTICINvE. 



elevated. Antennae long, only halt* a millimetre shorter than the 

 body, slightly attenuated towards the apex, sparsely covered 

 (except the two or three hasal segments) with fine hairs; first 

 segment the longest and club-shaped; in this species the second 

 segment is shorter than the third ; the rest are almost equal. 

 Prothorax much broader than long, sides strongly rounded, front 

 and basal margins almost straight, anterior angles slightly 

 explanate; surface uniformly convex from side to side, very finely 

 and more or less closely punctate. Scutellum small, triangular, 

 with apex rounded and surface smooth and impunctate. Elytra 

 broader at base than prothorax, punctate-striate ; on either 

 elytron the arrangement of the strife is as follows : a short 



Fig. 101. — Erystits andamanen&h, Maulik. 



scutellar row, then follow nine rows at almost equal intervals ; 

 between the ninth and tenth rows the interspace is very broad ; 

 outside the tenth row is a strip of narrow explanate margin ; inter- 

 stices in this species appearing slightly raised towards the lateral 

 margin bat, not so pronouncedly raised as in the genotype ; the 

 interstices are scattered over with fine punctures, but the latter are 

 not of the granulose type. Underside impunctate ; posterior 

 tibise not armed with a spine as in the genotype ; claws appendi- 

 culate. 



Length, 3| mm. 



Andaman Islands [Captain Wimberley). 



Type in the British Museum. Described from two examples. 



