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HALTICINjE. 



Elytra closely, strongly and confusedly punctate, the punctures 

 being stronger than those on the pronotum. Underside : posterior 

 tibiae somewhat bent, much longer than those of the front and 

 middle legs; along their outer edge the spinules are larger and 

 not close together, but near the apex they are smaller and much 

 closer together ; the apical spine is very long ; first segment of 

 the posterior tarsi longer than the following two together. 

 Length, 2^ mm. 



Ceylon: Bogawantalawa, 4900-5200 ft., 21. iii-4. iv. 1882 

 (0. Lewis). 



Type in the British Museum. 



247. Ivalia fulvipennis, Jacoby. 



Ivalia fulvipennis, Jac, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1887, p. 101. 



Body strongly convex, narrowed towards the apex, but not so 

 pointed as in /. viridipennis or /. metallica. Head, prothorax, 

 scutellum, underside and femora pitch-black ; the seven apical 

 segments of the antenna? black, their four basal segments, the 



Fig, 119. — Ivalia fulvipennis, Jac. 



tibiae, and tarsi dark brown, but not so deep a shade as the 

 underside : elytra dark reddish-brown. 



Head broader than long, vertex impunctate except for a few 

 extremely fine scattered punctures which are only visible under a 

 high power, frontal tubercles and carina absent. Antennas 

 extending slightly beyond the base of the pronotum ; first segment 



