PHYLLOTEETA. 



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Prothorax almost quadrate, sides gently rounded, posterior lateral 

 angles widely rounded, anterior almost right angles ; surface 

 closely punctate, the punctures being as strong as those on the 

 elytra, and under a high power the whole surface appears to be 

 finely reticulate. Scutellum normally invisible. Elytra very 

 slightly broader at base than prothorax, closely punctate ; seen 

 under a high power the whole surface is finely reticulate. 

 Pygidium exposed. Underside sparsely covered with fine hairs ;. 

 posterior tibise broader at the apex than at the base, the outer side 

 flattened, each lateral edge of this flattened surface set with fine 

 spinules and the apex furnished with a spine; first segment of 

 the posterior tarsi equal in length to the following two together, 

 claw-segment long. 

 Length, 2£ mm. 



United Provinces : Almora, Kumaon (//. G. Champion). 

 Type in the British Museum. Described from one male 

 example. 



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Fig. 127. — Phyllotreta chofanica, Duvivier. 



298. Phyllotreta chotauica, Duvivier. 



Phyllotreta chotantca, Duviv., Arm. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxvi, 1892, 

 p. 426; Jacoby, Ann. Soc. Ent. Bek. xl, 1896, p. 258. 



Body small, narrow, oblong. Colour of the upper side metallic 



