APHTHONA. 



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at the apex; first segment of posterior tarsi us long as the fol- 

 lowing segments together, distinctly less than half the length of 

 the corresponding tibia. 

 Length, 2-2 J mm. 



Bombay: N. Kanara (T. R. Bell; type-locality). Bihar: 

 Pusa, 24. iv. 1906 (Pusa Coll.). 

 Type in the British Museum. 



From Longitarsus belgaumensis, Jac. (p. 348), this species'Miffers 

 in having the antennae shorter and with the segments of different 

 relative lengths, and in the colour, the elytra being entirely 

 brown and the sides of the breast black. 



-Fig. 124. — Aphthona nilgiriensis, Jac. 



286. Aphthona nilgiriensis, Jacoby. 



Aphthona nilgiriensis, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvii, 1903, p. 103. 



Underside, legs and scutellum black ; the three basal segments 

 of the antennae more or less dark brown, the remaining segments 

 (except part of the fourth, which is dark brown) and sometimes 



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