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292. Aphthona andrewesi, Jacoby. 



Aphthona andrewesi, Jac., Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xl, 1896, p. 250. 



Colour of the upper side metallic dark blue, that of the under- 

 side bluish-biack ; labrum and scutellum black; antennae with the 

 four or live proximal segments brown, the basal segment stained 

 with pitchy-blackish above, the four terminal segments blackish ; 

 legs more or less pitchy, tibia? rather paler. 



Head impunctate, with a few punctures near the inner margins 

 of the eyes ; frontal tubercles small, limited behind by an oblique 

 channel at each side, carina short, tuberculiform. Antenna? 

 extending beyond the middle of the elytra ; the four terminal 

 segments thickened, basal segment long and club-shaped, second 

 thicker than, and nearly as long as, the third, the latter equal to 

 the fourth, the following about equal. Proihorax broader than 

 long, sides moderately rounded, anterior lateral angles oblique ; 

 surface impunctate. Scutellum triangular. Elytra broader at 

 base than prothorax, finely and closely punctate ; some of the 

 punctures in the middle tend to form rows, which become rather 

 obsolete at the apex. Underside: prosternum very narrow; first 

 segment of posterior tarsi as long as the following segments 

 together. 



Punjab : Chamba. 



Length, If mm. 



Type in the British Museum. 



293. Aphthona proxima, Jacoby. 



Aphthona proxima, Jac, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1887, p. 85. 



Body oblong. Colour obscure piceous to black ; the five or six 

 basal segments of the antennae in some cases wholly brown, or 

 the two basal segments may be darker ; the third is bright brown, 

 the fourth dark and the fifth again bright brown ; the rest of the 

 segments black. 



Head impunctate, frontal tubercles distinctly raised, bases of 

 antennae very close together. Antennae nearly half the length of 

 the body (not as long as the body, as Jacoby states), rather robust, 

 second segment nearly as stout as first but shorter, the three 

 following segments more slender, of equal length, the rest slightly 

 thicker. Prothorax broader than long, anterior angles oblique, 

 with the pore of the anterior seta situated before the middle, 

 sides rounded ; humerus prominently convex ; surface finely and 

 rather closely punctate. Elytra with a shallow depression behind 

 the base, somewhat closely and strongly punctate. Underside : 

 legs short and robust; posterior tibiae without a terminal spine. 



Length, 2 J mm. 



Ceylon: Balangoda (G. Lewis)-, Kandy, vii. 1908 (G. E» 

 Bryant). 



Type in the British Museum. 



