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BALTIC fNJE. 



284. Aphthona atriventris, sp. no v. 



Body oblong, almost parallel-sided. Colour yellow-brown ; 

 abdomen and underside black ; apices of femora not darker brown 

 than their basal part ; the four or five apical segments of the 

 antennae somewhat darker brown than the others. 



Head with vertex impunctate, channelled above the eyes, frontal 

 elevations not strongly developed, interantennal carina short. 

 Antennaj extending to about the middle of the elytra ; first seg- 

 ment long and club-shaped, second shorter but thicker, about 

 equal in length to the third, fourth very slightly longer than 

 third, fifth to seventh about equal in length, the four apical seg- 

 ments somewhat thickened. Prothorax broader than long, sides 

 rounded, anterior lateral nngles somewhat thickened; surface 

 gently convex, feebly and finely punctate. Scutellum triangular 

 with apex rounded, surface smooth and impunctate. Elytra hardly 

 broader at base than prothorax, very finely and confusedly punc- 

 tate, a few of the punctures on the disc having a tendency to 

 arrangement in longitudinal rows. Underside : on the outer 

 corner of the apex of the posterior tibia is a stronger and larger 

 bristle ; first segment of the corresponding tarsus less than half 

 the length of the tibia. 



Length, 2^ mm. 



United Provinces: W. Almora, Sunderdhunga Valley, 8,000- 

 12,000 ft. (H. G. Champion). 



Type in the British Museum. Described from six examples. 



285. Aphthona kanaraensis, Jacoby. 



Aphthona kanaraensis, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xl, 1896, p. 255. 

 Longitarsus kanaraensis, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlviii, 1904, 

 p. 389. 



Bodv oblong, almost parallel- sided. Colour shining pale yellow- 

 brown ; the six apical segments of the antennae black, the five 

 basal segments brown ; underside generally darker browu than 

 the upper side ; sides of the breast piceous, or sometimes the 

 whole of the breast blackish ; apices of posterior femora dark 

 brown. 



Head impunctate, obliquely channelled above the eyes, frontal 

 elevations obsolete, interantennal carina short. Antennae extending 

 to about the middle of the elytra ; first segment long and club- 

 shaped, second small, thickened, third and fourth equal, each 

 scarcely longer than the second ; the following segments more 

 elongate and slender. Prothorax somewhat broader than long, 

 sides feebly rounded, the four corners more or less rounded ; 

 surface shining, impunctate. Scutellum small, triangular, impunc- 

 tate. Elytra not wider at base than prothorax, subcylindrical 

 and, when seen under a high power and in a suitable light, 

 extremely minutely and confusedly punctate. Underside: posterior 

 tibiae with the usual spinules on the outer edge, but with no spine 



