PSEUDAPHTHONA. 



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pubescent behind; nor does Weise mention any dilatation o£ the 

 apical segments of the antenna), or say whether the anterior tibiae 

 are armed or not. 

 Range. India. 



206. Pseudaphthona humeralis, Jacob i/. 



Pseudaphthona humeralis, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvii, 1903, 

 p. 104. 



Colour above metallic dark blue ; underside and antennae black. 

 Head with vertex impunctate, frontal elevations distinct, 

 triangular. Antennae extending to about half the length of the 



Fig. 105. — Pseudaphthona humeralis, Jac. 



elytra ; first segment thickened, second segment one-half shorter 

 than first, third, fourth, and fifth each only slightly longer than 

 second ; from the sixth to the end the segments become gradually 

 thicker. Proihoraoc almost as broad as long, sides very feebly 

 rounded, front and basal margins straight, anterior angles oblique, 

 slightly expanded, each of the anterior and posterior angles 

 having a seta-bearing pore ; surface transversely convex, sparingly 

 punctate. Elytra but little wider at base than prothorax, sub- 

 cylindrical, rounded at the apex; a little behind the basal margin 

 there is a rather deep transverse depression across each elytron; 

 surface strongly and closely punctate, less strongly towards the 



