370 



HALTICINvE. 



the underside of the three basal segments black; head pale 

 piceous ; labrum piceous ; suture narrowly piceous ; anterior tibiae 

 and the bases of the other tibiae dark brown. 



Head with the vertex impimctate, frontal tubercles and inter- 

 antennal carina small but well developed. Antennae comparatively 

 stout, extending beyond the middle of the elytra; first segment 

 long and club-shaped, second and third equal or nearly so, but the 

 former is much thicker than the latter, fourth and fifth equal, 

 sixth and seventh somewhat shorter and equal to each other ; the 

 rest about equal and slightlv thickened. Prothoracc subquadrate, 

 sides nearly straight, anterior angles oblique ; surface entirely 

 impunctate, shining. Scutellum triangular with apex broadly 

 rounded, smooth, impimctate. Elytra nearly impunctate; under 

 a strong lens minute punctures are visible, more so towards the 

 base than towards the- apex. Underside: first segments of pos- 

 terior tarsi as long as the two following segments together. 



Length, 3 mm. 



Nilgibt Hills (Andrewes Coll.). 

 Type in the British Museum. 



287. Aphthona nigrilabris, Duvivier. 



Aphthona nigrilabris, Duviv., Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxvi, 1892, 

 p. 426 ; Jacoby, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xl, 1896, p. 255. 



Body subovate. Shining yellow-brown ; the rive to eight 

 segments of the antennas from the apex, labrum, scutellum, 

 breast and posterior femora pitch-black. 



Head, with vertex impunctate, with two oblique impressions in 

 front above the eyes, meeting in the centre, frontal tubercles 

 absent, interantennal carina well developed, labrum large. 

 Antennas slender, about half the length of the body ; n'rst segment 

 long and club-shaped, second thickened, somewhat shorter than 

 third, the latter about equal to the fourth ; the following segments 

 more or less nearly equal. Prothorax broader than long, sides 

 straight, anterior lateral angles obliquely truncate, posterior 

 rounded, basal margin feebly rounded ; surface gently convex and 

 entirely smooth, shining, and impunctate. Scutellum triangular 

 with apex rounded, surface smooth and impunctate. Elytra 

 broader at base than prothorax, somewhat broadened behind, seen 

 under a high power to be extremelv finely and sparsely punctate, 

 and besides these punctures there are in some specimens round, 

 closely placed, dark spots which simulate punctures. Underside'. 

 posterior tibiae with spinules along the outer edge and ending in 

 a terminal spine : but, despite this fact, the first segment of the 

 posterior tarsi is not long enough for this species to be placed in 

 the genus Longitarsus. 



Length, 2|— 3 mm. 



Bengal: Konbir (Pere Oardon). Bihar: Pusa, "mining 

 Dudhi leaves " (Andrewes Coll.). Bombay: Belgaum. 



