294 



HA LTIClNvE. 



In the male the front and middle femora are toothed, while 

 the front tibiae are bent and broadly and deeply emarginate at the- 

 apex. 



Length, 6 mm. 



SlKKlM (Hauser). 



Type probably in the Berlin Museum. 



I have not seen the type of this species, but it has sufficiently 

 characteristic markings and structures to make identification from, 

 the description certain. The above description is adapted from 

 the original in Latin and German. 



Genus PARADIBOLIA, Bah/. 

 Paradibolia, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1875, p. 81. 

 Genotype, Paradibolia indica, Baly. 



Body ovate. Head short, inserted into the prothorax ; antennae 

 filiform; eyes more or less kidney-shaped, large, situated on the 

 vertex and almost contiguous, separated only by a thin strip ; 

 frontal tubercles distinct. Prothorax much broader than long, 

 strongly convex, with no ante-basal furrow. Scutellum triangular 

 with apex pointed. Elytra broader at base than prothorax, finely 

 punctate-striate ; the whole surface is extremely finely rugose. 

 Underside : anterior coxae transverse, their cavities open behind ; 

 prosternum broad, convex in front, slightly constricted in the 

 middle and slightly broadened behind, and covered with hair; 

 mesonotum oblique with the margin emarginate ; posterior femora 

 strongly incrassate ; anterior and middle tibiae without spines at 

 their apices ; posterior tibiae channelled on the dorsal side, with 

 a large process at the apex ; the process itself is broad and large, 

 its apex being emarginate and each side of the emargination 

 ending in a rather sharp point. The articulation of the tarsus is 

 not at the apex of the tibia?, and the claws are appendiculate. 



Mange. India. 



Key to the Species. 



Smaller ; shining blue-green above, with an- 

 tennae fuscous P. indica, Baly, p. 294. 



Larger ; pure metallic blue above, with the 

 four basal segments of the antenna?, 

 the whole of the front and middle legs, 

 and the hind tibia? and tarsi, bright 



yellow-brown P. nila, sp. n., p. 296. 



211. Paradibolia indica, Baly. 



Paradibolia indica, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1875, p. 31. 



Body subrotuud, convex. Upper surface metallic shining blue- 

 green ; underside and antennae brown, the distal segments of the 

 latter, especially, more fuscous. Apices of hind femora piceous. 



