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HALTICINjE. 



10. 



11, 



12. 



13. 



14. 



15. 



Antennae short, only reaching the base 



of the elytra 7. 



Antennae extending beyond the base 



ot the elytra 9. 



Antennae entirely yellow-brown .... S. pallidicornis, Jac, p. 822. 

 Antennae not entirely unicolorous .... 8. 

 Colour shining black ; pro no turn evenly 



punctate S. niyrita, Jac, p. 323. 



Colour dark brown or pitchy-brown ; 



pronotum more punctate towards the 



base than towards the front and sides S. brevicornis, Jac, p. 323. 

 Small insects (2-| mm. long) ; colour 

 brown with an ill-defined blackish 

 patch of varying extent on the apical 



part of the elytra S. terminata y Jac, p. 324. 



No such combination of characters . . 10. 



Antennae extending beyond half the 

 length of the body, intermediate seg- 

 ments robust, slightly widened, the 



others more elongate, all pubescent . 8. antennata, Jac, p. 824. 



Antennae not so constructed 11. 



Large insects (5 mm. long) ; head and 



pronotum deep red-brown, elytra 



black with the suture and lateral 



edges very narrowly deep brown . . S. varipennis, Jac, p. 325. 

 No such combination of characters . . 12. 

 Small insects (2^ mm. long) ; colour 



rich brown, underside somewhat 



darker; the three basal segments of 



the antennae paler brown, the rest 



black S. birmanica, Jac, p. 326. 



No such combination of characters .. 13. 

 Insects 3£-4f mm. long, generally pi- 



ceous, elytra reddish-brown, elytra! 



punctures surrounded by piceous 



rings *S. piceicollis, Jac, p. 326. 



No such combination of characters . . 14. 

 Small insects (2| mm. long); colour 



shining reddish-brown ; pronotum 



with three ill-defined patches which, 



if sometimes obsolescent, are still 



recognizable S. orientalis, Jac, p. 327. 



No such combination of characters . . 15. 



Lower portion of face strongly pro- 

 duced ; body broadest at the base of 

 the elytra, narrowing towards the 

 apex ; colour shining dark reddish- 

 brown S. mandarensis, Jac, p. 327. 



Lower portion of face not strongly 

 produced ; body ovate, strongly con- 

 vex ; colour shining dark brown .... S. varipes, Jac, p. 328. 



A translation of the description in German of Haltica fulvip 

 Illiger, which is placed in this genus, is given on p. 329, but the 

 species has Dot been included in the key. Likewise Motschulsky's 

 species are also recorded on p. 329, but not included in the key. 



