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HALTICINjE. 



the punctures near the lateral margin fairly regularly arranged 

 in rows. Underside : epipleura of elytra broad, transversely 

 wrinkled. In the male the first segment of the front and middle 

 tarsi is dilated. 

 Length, 4 J mm. 



Madeas : Madura ; Nilgiri Hills. 

 Type in the British Museum. 



203. Podagrica dohertyi, sp. nov. 



Elytra blue; thorax, the four basal segments of the antennae 

 and the legs red-brown ; underside piceous ; the seven apical 

 segments of the antennae black. 



Head: vertex convex, impunctate, bounded in front by two 

 oblique impressed lines, which converge in front; interantennal 

 space without any ridge. Antennae reaching the middle of the 

 elytra; first segment thickened, club-shaped, second slightly- 

 shorter than third, fourth slightly shorter than third, fifth almost 

 equal to fourth ; from the sixth to the last the segments are slightly 

 thickened and sparsely covered with whitish hairs. Prothorax 

 broader than long, sides gently rounded, anterior angles slightly 

 expanded, posterior almost right angles ; on each side is an 

 impressed line perpendicular to the front margin ; surface rather 

 fiat, not shining, uniformly, closely, and minutely punctate. 

 Scutellum triangular, piceous, smooth, and impunctate. Elytra 

 slightly broader at base than prothorax, closely and confusedly 

 punctate. Underside smooth ; abdominal sternites sparsely 

 covered with hair ; claws appendicular^. 



Length, 4 mm. 



Burma: Ruby Mines (Doherty) ; Sadon, 4000 ft., iv. 1911 

 (E. Colenso, Indian Museum). 



Type in the British Museum ; four paratypes in the Indian 

 Museum. 



Described from nine examples, in which the pure blue colour of 

 the elytra is constant. 



Genus PELffiLOTA, Jacoby. 

 Pheelota, Jac, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1887, p. 94. 

 Genotype : Pheelota semifasciata, Jac. 



Body ovate, convex, narrowed behind. Head : antennae rather 

 widely separated ; eyes strongly convex. Prothorax broader than 

 long, its upper surface without any deep impression. Elytra 

 punctate-striate, interstices smooth, flat, and impunctate. Under- 

 side: anterior tibiae unarmed; first segment of posterior tarsi as 

 long as the next two segments together; claw-segment long and 

 projecting much beyond the bilobed segment ; claws with a pro- 

 jection on the underside at the bnse ; prosternum broad, with its 

 base truncate ; anterior coxal cavities closed. 



