APHTHOXA. 



373 



Head iin punctate ; eyes large ; frontal elevations narrowly- 

 oblique, clypeus with an acutely raised central ridge. Antennae 

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

 long and club-shaped, third and fourth equal, the following 

 segments thickened. Prothorax broader than long, sides nearly 

 straight, narrowly margined, anterior angles oblique, so that a 

 distinct angle is formed on each side before the middle, posterior 

 margin broadly rounded but slightly produced at the middle ; 

 surface entirely impunctate. Scutellum broader than long. Elytra 

 wider at base than prothorax, slightly widened at the middle, with 

 narrow lateral margins ; surface finely and confusedly punctate, 

 the punctures being a mixture of liner and coarser, and the 

 apex impunctate. Underside : first segment of posterior tarsi as 

 long as the following segments together. 



Length, 24 mm. ; breadth, 1| mm. 



Burma: Prome. 



Type in the British Museum. 



291. Aphthona indica, Jacoby. 



Aphthona indica, Jac, Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg. vii, 1900, p. 120. 



Body oblong, parallel-sided. Colour metallic green or bluish 

 above; scutellum black; underside piceous ; antenna? and legs 

 light brown, the posterior femora stained with piceous. 



Head with vertex impunctate, frontal tubercles small but 

 distinct. Antennae extending nearly to the apex of the elytra ; 

 first segment long and club-shaped, second shorter than first, 

 thicker than, but nearly equal in length to, the third ; the 

 following segments more elongate and about equal to each other. 

 Prothorax somewhat broader than long, sides straight, slightly 

 narrowed obliquely towards the base, anterior lateral angles 

 oblique ; surface obsoletely transversely depressed near the base, 

 entirely impunctate. Scutellum small. Elytra wider at base than 

 prothorax, distinctly punctate in closely approximated semi- 

 regular rows, which are indistinct near the apex. Underside : 

 first segment of posterior tarsi as long as the two following- 

 segments together. 



Length, 2 mm. 



Calcutta. 



Type in the British Museum. 



Evidently closely allied to A. splendida, Weise, from China, 

 hut the underside is not blue but pitchy-black, and the posterior 

 femora are of the same colour ; from A. andreivesi, Jac, and other 

 somewhat similarly coloured species, the length of the antennae 

 and their entirely flavous colour, as well as the similar colour 

 of the legs, will separate the insect described above. 



