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HALTJClNiE. 



anterior coxa! cavities open behind ; the prosternal process between 

 the anterior coxae is narrow and the latter themselves are conically 

 prominent ; posterior femora thickened ; posterior tibiae not 

 broadened at the apex, with a narrow sulcus on the outer surface, 

 furnished with a terminal spine, and four times as long as the 

 first segment of the tarsus. 



Range. Siberia, Japan, India, Ceylon, Malaysia, etc. 



Key to the Species. 



1. Elytra uniformly black without any 



transverse or longitudinal fascia or [p. 362. 



band L. nigripennis, Duviv., 



Elytra not uniformly black 2. 



2. Elytra black with a transverse white [p. 363. 



band behind the middle L. albofasciata, Duviv., 



Elytra with the suture and the lateral 

 and apical margins black or piceous, 

 and the central part longitudinally 

 brown ; when the black areas are 

 broad the brown area is narrowed to 

 the form of a band and vice versa. ... 3. 



3. Head black L. birmanica, Jac, p. 363. 



Head not black 4. 



4. The dark stripe is uniform and regular 



all round each elytron, that on the 

 lateral margin being not much 

 broader than that on the sutural 



margin L. discoidea, .lac, p. 364. 



The lateral stripe on each elytron is 

 distinctly broader at the middle than 

 that on the suture, thus making the 

 central brown area narrower at the 

 middle 5. 



5. Head and prothorax fawn-coloured ; 



breast, antenna and posterior femora 

 pitch-brown ; elytra brownish-black 



with a yellowish stripe L. vittata, Duviv., p. 36t>. 



The c lour of all the brown parts is of 

 the same tint, and when they vary 

 they do so equally ; i. e., the brown 

 colour on the elytra is not different 



from that of the other brown parts . . L. bombayensis, Jac, p. 365. 



278. Luperomorpha nigripennis, Duvivier. 



Luperomorpha nianpennis, Duviv., Ann. Soc Ent. Belg. xxxvi r 

 1892, p. 428. 



PhyUotretaJtaviventria, Jac, Ann. Soc Ent. Belg. xl, 1896, p. 257. 

 Luperomorpha weisei, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlii, 1898, p. 189.. 



Body elongate, parallel-sided. Colour mainly black ; prothorax 

 and abdomen deep rich brown ; scutellum and elytra black ; 

 palpi piceous ; the three basal segments of the antennae slightly 

 stained with brown; anterior legs more or less stained with 

 brown ; posterior tibiae sometimes brown. 



